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“And the sinks and mirrors are right there. The hotel instructions state: employees must be clean, their hair smoothly groomed. Unruly poetic locks are forbidden.”

Conformity Poets Workplace Culture

Book:Balta drobulė

Source: Balta drobulė

“Aš tik poetas. Ir tu esi medžiaga mano naujiems eilėraščiams.”

Book:Balta drobulė

Source: Balta drobulė

“An 87 on the left, an 87 on the right. If a guest is dissatisfied with an elevator operator he can note the number and report him to the nearest starter. 'That 87 is a son-of-a-bitch, that 87 took me four floors too high, 87 87 87, I wasted two minutes in this box, that goddam son-of-a-bitch 87!' It's fun to berate a number. It's fun to use numbers. 24,035 deported to Siberia. Fun. Forty-seven dead in an airplane crash. Fun. 7,038,456 needles sold. Fun. Tonight Mister X got lucky three times. Fun. Today Miss Y died once. Fun. Right now I'm alone and I'll take a pill and have more fun.”

Death And Dying Dehumanization Immigrant Experience Service Workers

Book:Balta drobulė

Source: Balta drobulė

“Bijau sugriežtinimo. Jis pagimdo tikslią sistemą, tiksli sistema - teisinguosius ir klaidatikius, pastarieji nusprendžia konfliktą ir kovą, o kova... - na, mes patys gerai žinome kovos pasekmes.”

Author:Antanas Škėma