Working 9 to 5

Dolly Parton sure has big tits.

I was born on American soil and therefore I am American. Because I am American I have been given the promise of suburban freedom, haircuts ala Fantastic Sams, living the American Dream. Unfortunately, the American Dream is just a bunch of antiquated bullshit that today forces Americans to organize ourselves in cubicles, familiarize ourselves with rush hour, and accept the disgusting corporate oppression that we buy into everyday. The promise of possibility and freedom, really means the Fat Cats will force you to take a 9-5 (which is actually a 9-7) just so that you can afford, drumroll please... health insurance. That's how they keep us in this 9-5 cage. We are forced to take jobs that will literally let us live. "What a way to make a living."

 James Truslow Adams in 1931 said that "life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement" regardless of social class or circumstances of birth. (Library of Congress. American Memory. "What is the American Dream?".)

How often it is, Riff Raff, that we forget we are animals. We are not meant to fester in office chairs and stare through florescent lights at computer screens, taking cigarette breaks to breathe, with caffeine headaches and crooked spines. Between our 12 sick days a year and 8 vacation days, those big Parton titties remind us that we are "barely getting by". We feel trapped by our guilt that we should want something more, because it's how we've learned to organize ourselves and it is, after all, the American Dream. This is the freedom we are so proud of, the clock to which we're a disposable cog.

I don't mean to sound so Anti-American. I vote. I participate in the process wherein I live. I just wish, Riff Raff, that we could all look at it with a different perspective. I wish we could zoom out and see the rat race of greed that has us spinning in our wheels.

Imagine if we had 2 hour breaks in the middle of the day. Imagine if we had months of paid vacation. Imagine if we had healthcare that was good and accessible to every citizen. Imagine if everyone had the opportunity for an education. I know it sounds like fantasy. But it's not... It's France.

Thanks for reading this. Now get back to your spreadsheet before your supervisor sees you!

With love,
Everyman