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In a similar vein, this poem by Pedro Pietri: Telephone Booth (number 905 1/2) woke up this morning feeling excellent, picked up the telephone dialed the numbe
by shove 3y ago
In a similar vein, this poem by Pedro Pietri:
Telephone Booth (number 905 1/2)
woke up this morning
feeling excellent,
picked up the telephone
dialed the number of
my equal opportunity employer
to inform him I will not
be into work today
Are you feeling sick?
the boss asked me
No Sir I replied:
I am feeling too good
to report to work today,
if I feel sick tomorrow
I will come in early
- influx 3y agoI read that in Mitch Hedberg‘s voice.
- irrational 3y agoMy company would call that taking a mental health day, which is considered a legitimate reason for not coming into work.
- shove 3y agoMine too, but I’ve not always had the pleasure of working for the enlightened
- schwartzworld 3y agoEasy to do as a knowledge worker, but I've had plenty of jobs where you get in trouble for resting.
- red-iron-pine 3y agocalendar store -- one of the pop-ups in the mall during the holiday season. literally just an empty storefront they were able to rent on the cheap. few shoddy racks of calendars. we had to keep walking and chatting to the customers when they came in. In December. For calendars. No chairs, no cell phones. Couple of the HS kids no called/no showed so I was often the only person there for 8 hours. Exhausting.
- doublerebel 3y agoThat’s called sales
- red-iron-pine 3y agoI've had sales jobs. I worked 3 hours a day, make a lot of phonecalls, and did power lunches twice a month. This was retail, and for calendars. I was a seasonal hire and had no more information about the product than the customer did, nor did I get any commission or incentive if I sold or didn't sell.
- webnrrd2k 3y agoI had a coworker who would say that they were having eye problems -- as in "I just can see coming in today".
- Paul-Craft 3y agoOnce or twice, I've used "car trouble," as in "trouble is, I ain't gettin' in the car to go to work today."