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“I was flatwelding on top of a barge,” he said, “when somebody tapped me on the shoulder to let me know it was time for lunch. I started to walk down the ladder but all I could see was that glowing spot and I ended up falling. Broke my hip in five places when I hit the ladder and bounced off the co…

“Ok, employees, we’re concerned about quality out there. We want to make sure we get the best work out of you and deliver the best product to our customers.”

He turned to the easel and picked up some charts.

“What we’re gonna be doing is cross-checking. We’re gonna help each other be the best…

[...] Our understanding of ourselves and how we function is a product of the study of the privileged – those wealthy enough or whose parents were wealthy enough not to be bothered by unwork or to be able to fully foist that burden on others, able to pay for therapy – and, on the other side, those f…

[...] We worked so hard and so fast that we had completed the current order of barges – at least the open-topped, hopper barges – ahead of time. But somehow this seemingly obvious and significant fact didn’t affect the foremen’s need to see me working, or for that matter, the whole, goddamned world…

Sloane brought our paychecks around one Friday and with them was our bonus check for that quarter. I opened the envelope containing my check before Sloane could walk away.

“A fucking $9.86 bonus?!” I yelled.

Shaun opened his as well. “Look at that, dude, $8.41. That’s some bullshit.”

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