2018
I’ve done the office thing
I worked in HR
Paying the nurses at the hospital
Only a year but it took its toll
The floor I worked on
Was nicknamed ‘The Morgue’
And I was late every day
But I cheated on my flex time
Said I’ll do better next time
My boss kept trying
To get the nurses
To send her Valium
When she fixed an underpayment
And one guy was just putting his work
In a draw and forgetting about it
Til someone found out
And he didn’t get fired
Neither did I
Wearing casual all week
And missing three days
Without a phone call
Because when I was there
I worked harder than most
Until I discovered ‘Dolphin Olympics’
A flash game that came to consume my work life
As I prepared to quit
Had enough and over it
When I took what I saved
And went backpacking in Europe
So it wasn’t a complete waste of time
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Like a true Canberran I did my time in the public service. Spent far too much money drinking on the weekends but still managed to save enough to pay for a trip around Europe where I fell in love with the great city of Paris.
Anyone who’s seen the movie ‘Office Space’ or the sitcom ‘The Office’ knows exactly what we went through but in hind sight I was lucky for the opportunity.
