Big Wide World

imagine your job. now, i know that there are some people out there that HATE their jobs. i remember that feeling, after all, i worked retail for 7 years. and we all tend to bit*h about our jobs. and yes, there are some really crappy jobs out there. but imagine this. some people in the states (ah, the good ol' u.s.of.a) get to work for an employer that not only tells them what they can or cannot do at work, their employers get to dictate (and i use that work purposefully) what they can and cannot do outside of work. yeah, that's right. that's worse than communism. that's, what is that?

apparently, their employers forbit these employees to socialize together after work, or go to eachothers weddings or funerals. now, i ain't dumb, nope. i understand that it's mostly b/c if they 'hang' they will all try to take off the same days etc. can you imagine the nerve of these people. how dare they try to work together for 8 hours a day, five days a week, thousands of hours together, spend more time with fellow works than with family, but, geez, how dare they try to socialize and become friends. so, we'll solve that problem, we'll just FORBIT it. um, if my employer tried to do that, well, he wouldn't by my employer for long. i'm a team player and i'm pretty adaptive to the demands of my boss, when appropriate or necessary, and within reason. but as much as i like working where i work, i'm sorry, but i'll be damned before my employers try to dictate what i'm going to do outside of what they pay me for. i don't let people i love dictate to me, nevermind some random boss that most of these people don't even know.

and here's the thousand dollar question of the day, in light of the recent developments in the states: is it better to be a slave and know it, or be a slave and think that you're free? i know what i think, but i'll let you think about your feelings about this. and no cheating, don't think about the matrix.