Monday can be the most difficult day of the week for many of us, so I was thrilled to find Monster’s new collection of workplace Haiku. (Hat tip, employment lawyer, John Hyman.)
For those of you who have blotted out your high school English class, a Haiku is a type of Japanese poetry with 17 syllables, arranged in three rows of five, seven, and five syllables. it’s also supposed to be more complicated and poetic than just the requisite number of syllables, but we won’t hold the Monster people to it.
Here are a few of my favorites:
Your toxic workplace
Should be a superfund site
Hazardous to health
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Mandated Training
Three hours of my life gone forever
At least lunch was free
Should be:
Mandated training
Three hours of my life wasted
At least lunch was free
It gets dark early
I get home and it is black
weekends are for sun