Working hard and earning low wage sucks! I’m better off having the, ahem, ‘government’ take care of moi. So far, it’s not all that bad. It’s bad to work, pay tax and earn money the old way.
Today, I had to leave the place. I felt out of place for my age group. It’s meant for the younger workers with stronger bodies and sharper minds and who could withstand the repetitive tasks of mind-numbing data entry.
I couldn’t talk freely to them except reveal my Filipino heritage and that my parents immigrated from the Philippines to the East Coast and then the West Coast where we lived most of our lives. I am not among my peers. Lonely!
Noone wants to hire an over-qualified, old-timer like moi. My veins are popping out of my arms for the first time this year. Spider veins have formed on my feet area.
This morning on radio talk show 910AM I learned a dirty little secret: capitalism really means you are on your own! I feel like I cannot be ‘left on my own’. I really need support and that’s why I still live with my parental units.
And that is why I cannot do anything but wait while people around me live and suffer. I fear nothing now. Maybe, it’s time to just file. Let me know if I still have a second, third, fourth, etc. chance to start over.
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