Bureaucracy

Working for a major corporation is like being in a CRUFTs competition; Jump through this hoop, walk this line, sit, beg, then we might give a treat.

Nearly everybody has been in the position of doing something where the reward may not always be worth it. Ultimately I can't complain because never will I earn money this easy again, but I do have good knowledge that it happens in any major company, we are the puppets they are the master. Even for those people who are lucky enough to own their own small business that they live comfortably off, they still have to report to the tax man, Union officials, and essentially have to meet the demands of those who own a slightly bigger company. Herein is where the problem lies.

Don't get me wrong, I'm all for the socialist regime and even parts of a capitalist program, never in my life do I want to be ruled by communism but on paper it doesn't look that bad does it?

Everyone working for each other, helping one another out, you scratch my back - I'll scratch yours attitude. Why can't people just live? Why is it that we need to report to 'the man' that we have to pay the powers that be to continue to be the powers that be when quite frankly the powers that be can occasionally be assholes.

Now, I 'm a fairly laid back guy, some people call it lazy but I choose to take the less pessimistic approach (it's not like it takes any extra effort), so I am willing to let things slide. Life can pass me by and if I get shouted at told off, then I'll make some sort of effort to settle problems but if I quickly realise some people just aren't worth bothering over I won't bother. There is the odd moment inside of me though that when another one of my fellow puppets occasionally pulls back on that string when the master may do an incorrect movement and I think 'damnit you're right'.

Like I said quite frankly I don't give too much of a damn if I know I'm right and someone tells me off for making the smallest insignificant problem but occasionally I want to shout back as well and let the puppeteer what an ass he is being, so I do admire those people who give it a go.

Unfortunately this world will never go back to the state of friendly back scratchers so those people at the bottom of the heap like you and I, just have to look out for each other and hopefully the dog owner will feed us the odd treat or two.

Until then we've always got bureaucracy.