Insomnia

I don't want to sleep

I know that when I wake up

work is where I'll go

Nobody's buying this guy a birthday cake

Your loud speaker phone

does not make you important

Nor does your headset

Knuckle-cracking Kendra in San Antonio, TX

The first annual 5K run for sanity

Sneaking out of work

I head to the gym and run

When will I get canned?

Slim in Elizabeth City, NC

Taking a bite out of stress

Shoveling Sun Chips

in my face 'til I explode

Yet work stress lingers

Pipe dreams

I play Powerball

and dream of a better life

someone has to win

Daydream Believer in Albuquerque, NM

Deflation

It makes me sick that

I cannot retire until

thirty years from now

Caddyshack Cory in Philadelphia, PA

So much hot air

My boss likes to talk

so he can hear his own voice

No one else listens

I wanna send a shout out...

Price check in aisle five

I love the store intercom

I am a rock star

Dante in Manasquan, NJ

It only takes two minutes a day

Cleaning people's teeth

Gums cry red tears--you say 'ouch'

You need to floss more

by Drill Sergeant in Baltimore, MD

The end of the world

A new short hairstyle

You don't seem to enjoy it

Relax, it grows back

by Scissor Sister in Portland, OR

Afternoon delight

Every time I watch

her slide down the pole, I think

'my job's not so bad'

by Darrin Stephens in Boca Raton, FL 

Oops

I spend my days

Fixing the mistakes you made

Yet I get the blame

by Billable Betty in Harrisburg, PA

It's not easy being green. Or a manager.

People who aspire

to get a management job

have no idea

In retrospect

Sometimes I regret

Ever leaving Burger King

Grease wasn't that bad

I mean, really?...

We sit feet apart

You tell me all your stories

I am not your friend!

by Billable Betty in Harrisburg, PA

Mmm, yeah, why don't you go on and get a life...

Prying ears listen

Searching for gossip fodder

Mind your own business

by BIllable Betty in Harrisburg, PA

Disaster!

Earth halting scandal

Gasps and cries echo the halls

No one made coffee

by Billable Betty in Harrisburg, PA

Something fishy is going on here

Heating up your lunch

Odor lingers and offends

Who nukes fish at work?!

by Billable Betty in Harrisburg, PA

Who knew Hell had central air?

I'm suffocating

Cubicle walls closing in

This has to be hell

by Billable Betty in Harrisburg, PA

Huh?

I pretend I'm dumb

no one asks me to do stuff

Who's the dumb one now?

Gray hair

So many emails

and meetings that never end

When should I do work?

Let's be honest...

I like to kill time

scouring the internet for

more jobs I'll hate, too

Daily reflection

Sitting here, I think

'I should have been a teacher'

and had summers off

Self-awareness

I'm less productive

than my broken computer

Somebody save me

Death by fluorescent lighting

For money, I work

Daily my soul slips away

I can pay my rent

Intravenous coffee

Five cups of coffee

There is not enough caffeine

To get through the day

Revulsion

In the cube next door

Larry clips his fingernails

The sound makes me ill

Case of the Mondays

The alarm goes off

I sit up and tell my dog

Weekends go so fast