a lot of Europeans will "holiday" for weeks or months on end. I've asked them "how does your boss left you off for that long".....
the reply is much the same as yours.......

"I work mostly 7 days a week, long or even "double time", take no holidays.train myself to do better, and this happens for sometimes more than 2 years in a row......so when its time, I go...He Waits"...lol..........