Story Of My Life

This one ame straight from my day at work, even though it seems to be a repetitive loop in my life. people have finally made me angry enough to do this

My job is hell

And no, it’s not my boss

No, it’s not the people I work with

Simply put,

It’s people

The masses that EXPECT

To be waited on

Hand and foot

I’m just a cashier

Not your slave

Bag your own damn groceries

I’m timed for scanning, not for bagging

I try my best

To do my job

And you,

All of you,

Never stop

Even for a moment

To consider

That I’m not perfect,

And never claimed to be

But heaven forbid, I make a mistake

Even if it’s your fault

No, I didn’t know that was yours,

There wasn’t a divider

Sorry

Yes, I asked for your card

And you ignored me

So I assumed you didn’t have one

No, it’s not on sale

You need to read ALL of it

No, I can’t just change the price for you

And those of you who get mad

Just because YOU’VE had a bad day

And I accidently made a mistake

(cuz I really do it on purpose, you know.)

Did you ever stop to think

Maybe I had a bad day too?

But I force a smile

I make sure I’m at least

Mostly

Polite

I’m not my fault that your child

Could cost me my job

If I don’t do SOMETHING

While you’re too involved

Being baffled by why the machine won’t take your card

You need to hit “Pay Now,” then “Credit”

No, it won’t take your money till you hit “Cash”

I try my best

That’s all I can do

So all I ask

And it’s quite simple

Stop

Just for a moment

And get your head

Out of your a*s

And realize

I’m someone too

Someone with feelings

Just trying to live my life

And I don’t need

Your human stupidity

To ruin my day

Thanks, and have a nice day

Reviews

[Eagle Cruagh]

'Try being a COP.
People sometimes are not
the most reasonable animals.
Great poem, well written.
More please.
----- John

[Wolfwind Words]

I can totally relate to the sentiment that pours out of this. Having worked in the "Masses" service arena for many years. I know what you mean.

I think that you have brought across the issue and described many of the goings on's that you see very well.
I think that it may flow a smidge better if you could break it up into a couple of stanza's. It seems that it has 5 different area's that the emotions swell and the topics very.

A wonderful topic. I wish more people would pull their heads out of their "BLeeps!" too.

Keep up the good work! Thanks for sharing.
Aaron Maycroft