Orozco’s satire of the workplace reminds me of a summer job I had, working on a loading dock at an electronic parts company. My supervisor, a veteran of 30 years, thought nothing of constantly talking sexual banter, hurling racial and ethnic slurs, and generally making our workplace a living nightmare. Many of the employees complained to his supervisor, a company vice-president. Alas-to no avail, my supervisor’s experience enabled him to know every electronic part and order number by heart. He was just too valuable to be dismissed. My story is a far cry from Orozoco’s workplace- a place where even homicidal mainiacs are assured of job security if they “toe the company line” and perform their jobs well. My supervisor would have fit in well.
from Mitchell Levine
Mitchell J. Levine
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I’d like to add something as a side note.
Judging from the little that I know of you, I feel like you have a great deal to say about life. You mentioned on the first day of class that you are a cancer surviver and that you’ve worked, for several years, in the hotel business. I also find it very inspiring that you are attending college and aiming for all you can. I’d love to read what you have to share about your life experiences. Maybe you can post up your stories on this blog.
(I’ll understand if you’d rather keep these parts of your life private.)
Mitchell,
I’d like to compliment your writing. It’s well thought out, flows nicely from one idea to the next, and does not try too hard to impress the reader. These qualities add to helping the reader hear your voice and not just strings of words on a page. I admire these strong qualities and I hope that I can be just as proficent in them one day.
-Rukmani
Mitchell, i see you had a very interesting summer job, supervised by a lunatic who made your job a living nightmare. We are both students at Baruch College, a school of Business. You had told us in your response that your co-workers had complained to your supervisors supervisor who is a company vice-president, and after the complaint the company vc still did not fire your supervisor. Do you think he made a mistake when he hired your supervisor. According to your judgements, he was a rude person and made nasty comments and talked in a disgusting way, but he did get his job done. Business is Business, you don’t always need to be nice to get your job done, but its always a plus to be nice and at the end of the day it also pays off.