shit wages

I'm late,

the reason is apathy,

and that's because of shit wages.

I hadn't planned this as provocative announcement, it just came out, caffeine intoxicated, feeling like a wage slave and tired from the other work I need to do evenings and mornings


I've just Googled the phrase 'wage slave' to decide whether or not I am one, and this is what I found;

wage slave

Is a person with little to no education who works for wages. These people are usually slaves to their employer and have to kiss butt otherwise they will be fired.

oops, as I wasn't apologetic for being 5 minutes late, I broke the 'kiss butt' expectation,

so I think I am a wage slave,

but I object,

a 'wage slave' is supposed to be uneducated.  What has education got to do with it? Education is a private matter like relationship status, it has nothing to do with a work agreement. My emloyment contract is an agreement to work in exchange for an agreed amount of money, simple as that, why should slavery apply here?

I can't anticipate the repercussions to my comment, but I've been told an email was circulated and it seems to have caused some reverberations, hmm ...

So, going back to being a wage slave, I'm certainly not getting a salary, a fixed income for a title and position in an organization with obligations laid out in a detailed job description.  I don't want a salary. My life is my career, that comes first, I don't choose to subscribe to an organization in return for a salary,
I work,
to get paid,
to fund my life.
It's a simple agreement, and has no relationship to level of education or an obligation to kiss my  employer's arse.