Thursday, December 07, 2017

Cancer is like bad part-time job

My new job consumes a lot of my time. Here's how I'd describe it
  1. It is part time .
  2. It pays really awful.
  3. Everyone in the office has the right to ask you to take off your clothes.
  4. Others needle you and the boss looks the other way
  5. You are a rookie at it and everyone talks in jargon.
  6. Your boss picks your hours for the company's convenience, not yours.
  7. Lots of weekend and overnight shifts.
  8. They want you to quit your other job.
  9. You can't quit until they tell you you can quit
  10. The office chair is too high and can't be adjusted lower
  11. The break room has only junk food (Lorna Doones, Saltines, or nothing)
  12. They keep asking your birthday, but there's never a party
  13. At the start of each shift, they put a tracker bracelet on you
  14. Your cubicle has no sound privacy and only a feckless visual screen
  15. The receptionist has soap operas on in the waiting room
  16. All employees must wash hands
Set these against a few good things
  1. Spacious private bathrooms with emergency pull cord and paddle-style tap handles
  2. Nice city views if you get a window
  3. Meetings are actually pretty short and productive


1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Funny, poignant and so true. Having a great sense of humor is KEY. It not only inspires you but those around you.

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