Who can forget the immortal words of Todd Rundgren, who said
“Take this, every day when I get home from work
I feel so frustrated the boss is a jerk,
And I get my sticks and go out to the shed,
And I pound on that drum like it was the boss’ head because
I don’t want to work
I want to bang on the drum all day.”
This lighthearted tune about an employer head trauma fantasy rings true with most of us, especially with the people who wrote these tweets.
Though I’d rather nobody bang on drums while I’m trying to relax. You can take that elsewhere, please.
10. Dead serious
Cool, cool cool cool, our society is broken.
What level of capitalism are you at? pic.twitter.com/f3x3V9qsxJ
— Alan MacLeod (@AlanRMacLeod) March 8, 2021
9. Me time
How about mind your own business, Carol?
“why isn’t your camera on?”
me: pic.twitter.com/qDNlYiOpHA
— Maruf (@m3aruf) March 2, 2021
8. Tears in rain
Now THAT’S what I call freedom.
The best thing about working from home is it gives you the freedom to cry anywhere.
— Missy Baker (@TheMissyBaker) August 4, 2020
7. Code of conduct
Now I shall go to heaven.
Good news. Just completed the mandatory Code of Conduct and Ethics training course and am no longer a bad person
— Work Retire Die (@WorkRetireDie) August 18, 2020
6. Tow the line
It’s the delicate balance that binds us all together.
Doing jussssst enough not to get fired
— Leticia Bickram (@akazadefender) July 27, 2016
5. Growing accustomed
I don’t even need to see the rest of ya’ll.
When we go back to the office, I am going to bring a tiny mirror to work and stare at myself all through meetings to feel normal
— Meredith Haggerty (@meredithaggerty) February 4, 2021
4. See no evil
We’ve been speaking with our voices for millenia, we can just keep doing that.
Just bc we all zoom now does not mean every phone call needs to be a zoom. Stop trying to look at me.
Some phone calls are still phone calls.
A LOT of phone calls really should be emails.
And some emails should honestly be texts.— Amy Miller (@amymiller) February 4, 2021
3. The dream
Let me know if you figure it out.
At the point in the week where I'm Googling how to never work again and still maintain my current lifestyle
— Betches (@betchesluvthis) January 21, 2021
2. Enthusiasm
I too have an inescapable guilt complex.
Do you spend days thinking about what you did wrong whenever your boss says “thanks” instead of “thanks!” or are you normal?
— dana michele (@dmicheleeee) January 13, 2021
1. Many worries
Watch your language.
Me, in emails: “No worries!”
Me, in my brain: FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCL FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK
— Eden Dranger (@Eden_Eats) February 3, 2021
Nobody wants to work. But we gotta. At least we can all tweet about it!
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