Charles Angelich wrote in a message to Roy J. Tellason:

CA>> The government has found that they can offer fantasy to replace 
CA>> real attempts to assist the poor. 

RJT> Ain't *that* the truth! They seem to be offering fantasy in a 
RJT> number of other areas as well. 

CA> Did you read about the politician threatening/name-calling and then 
CA> calling the police to toss some of them out of a library next door?

Nope,  I hadn't heard about that one.

CA> What a hoot. Just like my old high school. These people are not 
CA> only demented they are juvenile. No wonder they can't keep their 
CA> hands off the young girls.

CA> --8<--cut 

RJT>> Maybe, or maybe it's an influence, portraying workplaces in 
RJT>> general like that. I'm not sure.

CA>> When I complained to friends and relatives who have always worked 
CA>> in offices they told me that it was "situation normal"
to them. I 
CA>> had avoided office work most of my life when I was young and used 
CA>> to think the TV shows were trying to be 'funny'. Now I know they 
CA>> were just trying to be realistic. 

RJT> I guess those office folks are into buying fantasy, too... 

CA> I thought that but they _suceed_ this way. They get job titles, 
CA> raises, promotions, etc. It's like "Alice in Wonderland".

Or something.

No wonder those "Dilbert" comics are so popular...

CA>> It's funny for about a week and then it becomes very unfunny when 
CA>> you can't get anyone to do their work so that you can do yours 
CA>> when it's a 'team' effort.

RJT> Yeah. I take that sort of thing rather more seriously than most, 
RJT> and go in there to get the job done, not goof off.

CA> We are "the odd man out" in this game. I decided I would have to 
CA> adapt to their "ways" or avoid any future work in office 
CA> environments. So far avoidance has worked for me. :-)

I just got done spending a few years in an office,  where it goes from here
is still an open question...

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