Life in Prison -vs- A
Full-Time Job
In prison, they spend the
majority of their time in an 8' x 10'cell.
At work, I spend most of
my time in a 6' x 8' cube.
In prison, they get three
meals a day.
At work, I only get a
break for one meal and I have to pay for that one.
In prison, you get time
off for good behaviour.
At work, I get rewarded
for good behaviour with more work.
At work, many people must
wear an ID badge at all times.
In prison, they provide
you with clothing with the ID conveniently sewn onto the clothes.
At work, there is a dress
standard but I must buy my own clothes.
In prison, there is a
dress standard, but they supply the clothes.
At work I must carry
around a security card and unlock and open all the doors myself.
In prison, a guard locks
and unlocks all the doors for me.
In prison, they can watch
TV and play games.
At work, I can get fired
for watching TV and playing games.
In prison, they will pay
my way through school to learn a new career and give me time to do it.
At work, they will pay for
my education but I must do it on my own time.
In prison, they have
exercise rooms that they allow you to use almost whenever you want.
At work, we have an
exercise room that you can use but it must be on your time.
In prison, I can fall
asleep on the job and no serious consequences come from my actions.
At work, if I fall asleep
on the job I am put on the next layoff list.
In prison, they ball and
chain you when you go somewhere.
At work, you are just
balled and chained.
In prison, you have full
medical coverage with no deductibles.
At work, you get partial
coverage and pay all the deductibles.
In prison all expenses are
paid by the tax payer, with no work on there part.
At work, you get to pay
all the expenses to go to work, and then deduct the taxes from you salary to pay
for the prisoners.