$9

"Would you work for $9?" I asked, but all I got was silence.

No. You wouldn't. You're worth more. How? You have a fancy degree, and a comfy office chair.

You don't risk your life saving people or walking among unfinished buildings.

No, the thing your at risk for is obesity due to your rich diet, and laziness.

I can't afford to be lazy, nor can I afford a diet of any kind. I can't even afford the ability to get the job you have, but it's my fault I'm poor, I'm stupid. After all I'm 24, I should have graduated from college, right?

Wrong. College is too expensive, so I couldn't afford to gain the intelligence and the knowledge you have to get where you are. Not to mention, born only a few years after you.

I wasn't old enough to reap the benifits, yet I was old enough to have adults fill my head with dreams of becoming someone. Now I have other adults fill my head with the blame game. They blame my generation for being too lazy. Too entitled. Too stupid. Too superficial. Too self absorbed to get out there and find a job.

I was stuck between a rock and a hard place, instead of getting a helping hand, all I got were index fingers and sour faces.

"Well, someone has to do your job."

Oh, so now it's not that I'm an idiot, it's that I'm forced to take this job because, as you know, working in a position like mine contributes so much to society.

Who else would work during the Holidays? You? No. You're too important.

So Sir/Ma'am I have one more question to ask you.

"Would you like to sign up for our rewards program?"