Monday, September 26, 2011
Cruel and Unusual Punishment
-This toxic atmosphere where all fear losing their jobs?
Well I’m speaking up about it!
-You’ll get fired.
-Then you’ll get my job in addition to yours. Crushing burden.
-Yeah, but insurance policy.
-I will eventually prove in court that it’s a concerted policy
of management to promote unreasoned fear. Thus, too,
enabling the place to crawl with Quizlings.
-All in collusion with Congress?
-Just the Republicans.
-Ah yes , the official party of this corporation as we’re
reminded in the most subtle way by the pre-election letter
adjuring us merely to vote. Then glossing the important
issues with a subtext going the unspeakably evil way
of the nutcase right.
-I’m taking this to Supreme Court, if necessary!
-Where the insane righties will desire language from the
majority to equal that of the thundering left, but the
reactionaries just lapse into tut tut mode. “For all the
plaintiff's remonstrations, the matter remains to be
resolved by internal governance of the corporation only.
And by its goodwill so long fostered among the employees.
Next case?”
-Well, I’m starting, despite your defeated cynicism!
-You’ll stop. They always do.
-Perhaps...an exception this time.
Email to a vice president follows: “We shd talk.
Flow probs.” Flow being a code word.
-This toxic atmosphere where all fear losing their jobs?
Well I’m speaking up about it!
-You’ll get fired.
-Then you’ll get my job in addition to yours. Crushing burden.
-Yeah, but insurance policy.
-I will eventually prove in court that it’s a concerted policy
of management to promote unreasoned fear. Thus, too,
enabling the place to crawl with Quizlings.
-All in collusion with Congress?
-Just the Republicans.
-Ah yes , the official party of this corporation as we’re
reminded in the most subtle way by the pre-election letter
adjuring us merely to vote. Then glossing the important
issues with a subtext going the unspeakably evil way
of the nutcase right.
-I’m taking this to Supreme Court, if necessary!
-Where the insane righties will desire language from the
majority to equal that of the thundering left, but the
reactionaries just lapse into tut tut mode. “For all the
plaintiff's remonstrations, the matter remains to be
resolved by internal governance of the corporation only.
And by its goodwill so long fostered among the employees.
Next case?”
-Well, I’m starting, despite your defeated cynicism!
-You’ll stop. They always do.
-Perhaps...an exception this time.
Email to a vice president follows: “We shd talk.
Flow probs.” Flow being a code word.
Labels: Cruel and Unusual Punishment Supreme Court, unemployment, workplace atmosphere
