Dear Proletariat,

We’re sorry to hear about your recent

experiences with our services, which you’ve found unsatisfactory.

As we work on a long-term solution,

please note that we’ve left refreshments on the table

in the breakroom. Hopefully, these small bags

of pretzels will help you forget that you don’t make enough

to feed your children. In your e-mail (which has been received

and read with care), you said that wages

have stagnated while rent, gas, and food

prices have skyrocketed. in this regard,

it’s important to remember that,

here, we are a family, and sometimes

family members have to make sacrifices

so that investors and shareholders

can afford their summer homes in Mykonos.

Remember, they have children, too. We

appreciate your comprehension and sympathy in this matter.

As a sign of mutual understanding, we will be awarding

all of our long-term members (ten plus year of uninterrupted

membership) with virtual badges acknowledging the pay cuts

you’ve made. Feel free to share these on your social media

with the hashtag: ForTheGoodoftheEconomy. Finally,

we remind you that the use of bathrooms during work hours,

excluding your five-minute bathroom breaks for shifts of

eight or more hours, along with the sharing

of corporate emails on Facebook and Twitter,

is strictly forbidden.

-MGMT

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(Guayaquil, Ecuador -- March, 2022)

Soon, I will be moving back to the US to finish my chemistry degree and to get a "real job". This encapsulates my thoughts on that.