This morning my boss (lets call him Shithead McAsshole (ShitAss for short)) asked me to rig up a projector. No big deal. I agreed. There's nothing degrading about setting up equipment for use in the building that you work in, right? WRONG, Bitch!! This would be no ordinary projection-rigging job that I was to undertake. Oh no. I was supposed to rig a projector to aim directly at the ceiling of our most frequented meeting room. And this projector was only going display one slide. Just one. Not even a collage of stuff. ONE FUCKING SLIDE...ShitAss wanted a projector for one slide. The slide going to be shown through this projector was simply going to say: "Pay Attention". That's it. Pay attention. Pay attention...........really? That's it?
I asked him why on Earth he would want this, and he told me that during meetings, he often noticed people staring up at the ceiling, rather than paying attention to whatever-the-fuck changes he was making to our current money-wasting scheme. And by that, he meant that once, I played the "Gullible is written on the ceiling" joke on a friend of mine before the meeting even started. This guy doesn't have much sense of humor, so he was staring at the ceiling for about five minutes until the meeting started trying to find it.
Now, back to the explanation of my current task. Having a projector isn't that big of a deal. Having several isn't a big deal. Having more projectors than computers isn't that dumb. But setting aside one projector, one laptop, and eight hours worth of electricity plus regular maintenance, for one slide, is kind of ridiculous. Don't you think?
When I was in high school, I studied my ass off. When I was in college, I studied my ass off. When I was an unpaid intern, for this same company, I worked my ass off. This is what all my hard work boils down to? Hooking up projectors for one slide.... I got a bachelors degree for this? Fuck the rat race. I should have been a fireman.
