A Bad Deal! By Alfred Muggins

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By David Kirtley

Tue, 01 Aug 2023
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23/1/23

 

Will there be anything of me left?

Sign up for a proper job!

Sell your time for an amount which really isn’t that much higher than the minimum wage!

Fill your time with complex and confused information.

Struggle to become skillful in something you haven’t done before,

For which they have not trained you very effectively.

They don’t do it for you,

You’re the one who has to expend all the effort!

They haven’t worked out a way to teach you first.

Throw the fish, young and old, into the deep end,

And watch them swim!

 

Oh if only I could throw in the towel,

Life could be so much easier again,

but then where would I get the money.

Start again in a new swimming pool.

Is the grass always greener somewhere else?

And if so where?

 

The worst victim is your free time,

And the tension you feel before, during and after,

Looking forward to yet another day.

It even appears in your dreams,

To haunt you at night!

 

Don’t expect me to finish those novels now,

Goodbye my published career.

I have sold my time,

If not my soul, which must be resilient!

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Chronicles Of Mr Alfred Muggins
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Comments

Submitted by David Kirtley on

Poor Alfred dips himself into the real world for a change, unfortunately, and soon finds himself sinking, in the dog eat dog world of impossible achievement!

Submitted by marandina on

"Oh if only I could throw in the towel,

Life could be so much easier again,

but then where would I get the money..."

 

A lamentation of many. I hope Alfred keeps moving around history and writing up his stories. Things wouldn't be the same without them!

 

Submitted by David Kirtley on

Thanks, on behalf of Alfred, for listening to his 'moaning', but actually there will be a bit more in this vein. reflecting real experiences! (unfortunately!) As you wisely observe, this is doubtless the lamentation of many! (particularly in this chaotic and unsettled world!)

Submitted by Insertponceyfre... on

Poor old Alfred!

 

Submitted by David Kirtley on

Thanks for your concern Insert. There will be a few more on this sad tale of real events! You will be pleased to note that Alfred has survived his experiences, so far!

Submitted by Turlough on

Please tell Alfred from me that one day he will reach a point where he no longer needs to go to work. 

Life becomes absolutely wonderful, every day.

It happened to me.

It's called retirement and it's the ultimate carrot.

In the meantime the poor fella has my sympathy.

Turlough

Submitted by David Kirtley on

Thanks for reminding him Turlough, although at this rate the government will probably have removed the retirement age well into the 70's by the time Alfred reaches the carrot, which he is definitely chasing now, as he has failed to find a successful well paid profession, despite having been in the starting blocks for a handful of them! In the meantime Life Goes On!