Archive for June 2007

Let’s Just Say

Posted to Stories on the topic of Work on 28 June 2007, with 2 comments so far.

by Jennifer—Age 32—Columbia, MO
You worked first at Wal-Mart, where you took the money of the President you watched from your little bed by the TV when you still lived in the trailer. You wanted him to win again; he didn’t. Now you made him change. They were paying you a quarter over minimum wage, and […]

On My Way Home From Work

Posted to Stories on 26 June 2007, with 3 comments so far.

by Blake—Age 28—Atlanta, GA
Last night on my way home from the law office where I call to collect on past-due bills, I stopped at a BP in a sketchy part of Atlanta to buy some candy. As I came in I saw an older black man yelling at the attendant glassed in behind the counter. […]

Fast Food

Posted to Stories on the topic of Work on 24 June 2007, with 6 comments so far.

by Mike—Age 21—Bowling Green, KY
Nobody told me it’d be like this, my first job. Piddling coworkers sloshing bits of meat and tear drops of grease into the air and into your skin. The indolent managers hunched over trashcans hacking pieces of black lung and sucking down cigarettes.
My coworker, Paul, arrives in the backdoor…late again. He’s […]

At Work in the Bedroom

Posted to Stories on the topic of Work on 22 June 2007, with no comments so far.

by Charlie—Age 44—Oxford, PA
“Daddy works in the bedroom and mommy helps him,” my son volunteered to Mrs. Rohrer, his kindergarten teacher. “I’m sure there’s a good explanation,” she assured us while anticipating a faculty lounge home run.
No amount of office equipment could fool a kindergartner’s sharp eye for flowered wallpaper and glow-in-the-dark stars on the […]