Working Up

by Dwayne Phillips

This week’s world-wide excuse for not doing your job continues.

Due to an excuse, I will no longer be doing all of my job. I will continue to receive all of my salary (good for me), but don’t expect all of my efforts. It is pretty nice receiving all of my salary and not having to do all of my job, but hey, that’s what excuses are for, right? Excusing less-than-admirable behavior.

Okay, COVID is rough on some occupations. So are the election results, the outcome of the Super Bowl, being rejected at the prom, etc. Okay, you can’t do all of your job. Fine, I receive less than all of my salary. But that isn’t fair or something. Well, too bad. We all chose to follow whatever, so we all have to do with less during these times. Uh, what? I don’t want to suffer that much? I want all I had and expect to do less? Oh, that’s nice. Okay, why not? I mean, I didn’t cause this problem, so why suffer from it? Oh, that’s part of being a adult? Oh, that silly notion. No, I can have all we want all of the time in all situations. Welcome to the 21st century.

Okay, this little post has a nasty old mean streak to it. Well, some folks have had to work harder for the same pay during the current “crisis.” Too bad for them. Some of us rich folks got to stay home and receive full pay. I didn’t have to give back the money I saved on gas and time while commuting. Lucky me. And too bad for those folks who had to work just as hard and harder than normal. Thank them for their service. That will soothe it all. No, it won’t.