Work Field Trips

Once when I worked at BroadbandNow!™© back in 2000 I had to go out and get some office supplies. It was like a school field trip because I was out of the office during office hours. Only it was better since it was unsupervised. When I was out and about I was amazed by how busy everything was. It seemed just as busy as any other time I’d ever been out. I wondered if these people had jobs. They couldn’t all be on a field trip like me. It really surprised me and has stuck with me over the years.

As someone who is among the unemployed, although frequently busy with contract jobs, I have had time to witness the phenemenon with great regularity recently. Are these people employed and just have liberal use of field trips? Some of them probably have spouses that make enough for one to stay at home. Some of them work non-9-6 hours. Still it can’t be that half of Dallas doesn’t work between 9 and 6. I think I’ve figured it out.

The ones without wealthy spouses, and non-9-6 jobs have all found the magic money tree and they refresh their savings accounts as needed. Really, it’s the only answer for all the people I see hanging out at Panera all day with their laptops, shopping for clothes, sitting in the aisles reading books at Half-Price. I must devote my life to finding the magic money tree, and once I find it I’ll share the secret.