theBreeze

I am a practiced study in cynicism. This makes me cynical, not better. I feel as though I would let a loved one down at some time in the future, so I avoid commitment. It leads to my liking the chase, yet never closing. Is this all just a way to suffer, in the belief that I do not deserve happiness?

Schedule an activity, and watch how quickly the thing either gets done, or expands with each attempt to finish it. I think that the American worker is being burned out by employers. Employers think they can reduce benefits, reduce vacation, increase employee participation and thus please Wall Street, and their own greedy pockets.

Yet, they see no need to make a real return to the employee. We have ‘Employee Appreciation Day’ which translates to permission to wear jeans, and be handed a donut under watchful eyes, lest someone gets two. At the same time, alternate Fridays off are cancelled resulting in a staggering 9% increase in commuting costs. Did I mention that for offering employees a reduced commute, the State allocated a tax break to the employer. Funny, the employer has forgotten to report the revocation of the nine day schedule to the State. As for holidays, we now have six rather than eleven. Sick leave? – get sick on your vacation. Sick leave is no more.

The slightest breakdown in the nonstop work pace cascades in all directions. It affects the company where it started, and seems to quickly move outside that environ as well. It touches everywhere there’s a link.

So, keep the Blueberry charged, keep the cellular phone in your ear, and be sure to answer it at all times, under all circumstances, even while occupying the company commodes. And as the final note, keep call-waiting, for the next incoming call is always more important than the present one. Yaah, right.