NP? wage slaves and happy prisoners

Doug Millison millison at online-journalist.com
Mon Jul 1 20:09:22 CDT 2002


>
>Just in case you ever got the two mixed up. This should make things a
>bit more clear . . .
>
>IN PRISON...you spend the majority of your time in an 8X10 cell.
>AT WORK... you spend the majority of your time in a 6X8 cubicle.
>
>IN PRISON...you get three meals a day.
>AT WORK...you only get a break for one meal and you pay for it.
>
>IN PRISON...you get time off for good behavior.
>AT WORK...you get more work for good behavior.
>
>IN PRISON...the guard locks and unlocks all the doors for you.
>AT WORK...you must carry around a security card and open all the doors
>for yourself.
>
>IN PRISON...you can watch TV and play games.
>AT WORK...you get fired for watching TV and playing games.
>
>IN PRISON...you get your own toilet.
>AT WORK...you have to share with some idiot who pees on the seat.
>
>IN PRISON...they allow your family and friends to visit.
>AT WORK...you can't even speak to your family.
>
>IN PRISON...all expenses are paid by the taxpayers with no work
>required.
>AT WORK...you get to pay all the expenses to go to work and then they
>deduct taxes from your salary to pay for prisoners.
>
>IN PRISON...you spend most of your life inside bars wanting to get
>out.
>AT WORK...you spend most of your time wanting to get out and go inside
>bars.
>
>IN PRISON...you must deal with sadistic wardens.
>AT WORK...they are called managers.
>
>***** So why is it again that we work? *****
>



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