Antiwork

I work for Spencer's gifts, a company who I'm sure anyone who's visited it is aware profits off of symbolism of acceptance, anti-racism, and pro LGBTQ+. Recently we had a supervisor quit and they were looking to promote an associate to the position. They were considering me and another person for the position. Other supervisors on top of me and other associates have made it very clear that we have had experiences with the other candidates making racist comments, transphobic comments, homophobic comments, and being sexually inappropriate during work hours. Couple that with the fact that I had been working with the company significantly longer than the other candidate. Well recently we got the schedule and the problematic employee has been promoted against the advice of other management and the wants of the employees. So naturally a mass resignation is under way. Their only other supervisor quit immediately, I quit…

I was talking to another person on Reddit today and realized that all we know is TV sit-coms, consumerism, capital greed, and second rate American Authors. Nowhere ever in American High School are we taught the pros and cons of Marxism, Socialism, And Anarchy. We're literally force fed Reagan's Trickle Down Economics, Twain's shallow satire, and the 50 hour salary corporate job. I am sorry to say, but George Carlin is the only person to say anything about how fucked we are.

Two that stand out for me: one time a small business owner I worked for said “heavy is the head that wears the crown” and another boss once told me, during a car ride, “I mean, I drive a Bentley. I am SOMEBODY.” Both of them said these things without a shred of shame or irony.