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Gray Collar, F Word, Usage
I work in a Gray Collar job
It started out as a in-between move
Then became a career in Outside Sales
Wore a tie for first few years
Now 20 years later, jeans and a t-shirt
Always Black
Gray Collar means you're an Executive
But in a Blue Collar world
The collar color no matter
The usage of language paramount
It's a wholesale materials company
Every other word is FUCK
Not with the customers, inside staff only
It's some kind of lingo mantra
You gotta talk loud and act pissed off
Even if you're not
What the Fucks included
Daily total .... 300
It started out as a in-between move
Then became a career in Outside Sales
Wore a tie for first few years
Now 20 years later, jeans and a t-shirt
Always Black
Gray Collar means you're an Executive
But in a Blue Collar world
The collar color no matter
The usage of language paramount
It's a wholesale materials company
Every other word is FUCK
Not with the customers, inside staff only
It's some kind of lingo mantra
You gotta talk loud and act pissed off
Even if you're not
What the Fucks included
Daily total .... 300
Published 16th Aug 2023
Author's Note
I only go to the office 4 times a year. Good thing too as it's a negatively festival. All cursing is between inside and outside sales guys. A lot of those guys act tough but it's an act. Would make a good sitcom.
Box Head by Poetspeak
Box Head by Poetspeak
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I love your poetry.
Just a nice flow.
My first impression -- it's a shame what were forced to do to keep the lights on and the bellies full.
Just a nice flow.
My first impression -- it's a shame what were forced to do to keep the lights on and the bellies full.
16th Aug 2023 1:56am
I worked real White Collar for many years before I went Gray. A lot of cursing and fake bravado there too. I always thought being a Tug Boat Captain would be cool, less people or an ice cream truck...
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BIG thanks Javalini
Appreciate your visit and comment
16th Aug 2023 1:52am
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16th Aug 2023 2:45am
I hear ya brother! And why is it that when a group of guys are together, it's like always "locker room" talk? I've learned to tame down what I say, and how it's said. But geesh, sometimes!
I have a white shirt job.... long sleeved t shirts! Lol. Blue jeans exclusively. Not a bad way to make a living!
Being more satisfied than not, is what matters.
Go box head!
I have a white shirt job.... long sleeved t shirts! Lol. Blue jeans exclusively. Not a bad way to make a living!
Being more satisfied than not, is what matters.
Go box head!
16th Aug 2023 2:56am
I'm one of those self starter types. Nobody thought I'd last 6 months but I pretty much felt I could do it. Basically I told my bosses, give me a cell phone and expenses and stay out of my way. For the most part they did and it worked out for both of us. All that fuck talk is annoying. Mostly I'm saying it to myself or to make a statement when someone needs emotion from me. Guys are funny insecure creatures. Women smell better and treat me Kindly.
Pass the hooch brother Styx
Thx
Pass the hooch brother Styx
Thx
16th Aug 2023 4:30am
We got to express ourselves. We if we ain't cursing we ain't living. Keep on writing. You also keep fucking the ladies.
16th Aug 2023 12:32pm
16th Aug 2023 5:17am
Dear PS,
I have a great appreciation for poems in this style. It lends itself to a peek inside the authors world of reality.
Work environments are wild sometimes and I always wonder how anything gets done. Somehow it must but I still wonder. BIG DIG this wrote.
BTW- I love grey. 😉
H🌷
I have a great appreciation for poems in this style. It lends itself to a peek inside the authors world of reality.
Work environments are wild sometimes and I always wonder how anything gets done. Somehow it must but I still wonder. BIG DIG this wrote.
BTW- I love grey. 😉
H🌷
16th Aug 2023 12:38pm
Dear H,
I was torn between using Gray and Grey. Usually I go UK with Grey but went in the opposite direction this time.
Yes, my office could be written as a sitcom or a tragedy, not sure. It's chaos and logistics all day long and I'm not sure how it all works myself. But I sell stuff and they ship it and in-between lots of fuck talk and human stories.
I appreciate your comment H, always a pleasure to have your visit and comments 😊
🤠❤
I was torn between using Gray and Grey. Usually I go UK with Grey but went in the opposite direction this time.
Yes, my office could be written as a sitcom or a tragedy, not sure. It's chaos and logistics all day long and I'm not sure how it all works myself. But I sell stuff and they ship it and in-between lots of fuck talk and human stories.
I appreciate your comment H, always a pleasure to have your visit and comments 😊
🤠❤
16th Aug 2023 8:17am
16th Aug 2023 12:39pm
Yes, it's a crazy job but it pays the bills and yields a poem here and there. Always happy for your comments.
Thx d
Thx d
16th Aug 2023 2:55pm
Inside-outside sales. Worst fucking jobs ever. You really gotta have whatever is needed to stick at it for more than a day.......
16th Aug 2023 6:20pm
I must have something, been doing it for 20 years.
Good money, lots of stress
Pick your poison ☠️
Good money, lots of stress
Pick your poison ☠️
16th Aug 2023 7:21pm
16th Aug 2023 8:25pm
I’m getting better at the stress part.
I don’t give a shit often is my thoughts even though I do care as my income depends on it.
I don’t give a shit often is my thoughts even though I do care as my income depends on it.
16th Aug 2023 11:21pm
Well, I learned something new, because I've never heard of "gray collar" jobs. But my boys are both working very blue-collar summer jobs, and the "fuck" usage definitely makes its way home with them!
As for me, I work with holy rollers. Quite certain I have the worst potty-mouth of the lot. I can keep up with my boys (and my daughter is worse than all of us). I have to watch myself in work meetings... 😉
Go boxhead! He doesn't need a collar.
❤️k
As for me, I work with holy rollers. Quite certain I have the worst potty-mouth of the lot. I can keep up with my boys (and my daughter is worse than all of us). I have to watch myself in work meetings... 😉
Go boxhead! He doesn't need a collar.
❤️k
16th Aug 2023 11:55pm
Truth be told I made up the Gray Collar job. Seemed like a good in-between. Cursing is healthy but weird to my ear when done too much. But necessary in our throw away world.
What can I say??
Thx k
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What can I say??
Thx k
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17th Aug 2023 1:11am
Ha! You totally had me fooled! Well anyway, Gray Collar is clever - well done.
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17th Aug 2023 1:13am
17th Aug 2023 1:23am
Yes its the norm nowadays to pepper one's language with the F-word. It has become mundane isn't it.
:) nice reading, PoetSpeak.
:) nice reading, PoetSpeak.
17th Aug 2023 1:31am
It's healthy and let's off steam but crude top when it's every other word. Balance always !
Thanks Grace !
Thanks Grace !
I bet you act tuff around them too PS, just to keep up or simply to defend your position, right? What I mean is, have you ever just told them they are a bunch of jerks or are you saving it up?
17th Aug 2023 1:41am
I tell them all the time that they are jerks but they know that. It's a game they play, I save my cursing mostly for frustration...
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