Don't Say the "M" Word!
Thousands of Amazon workers live at, near or below the poverty line! Why? [Continued]
Whoever enters here honors me; whoever doesn’t- pleases me.
-Friedrich Nietzsche
Live Yet Pre-recorded- Episode XCVI of:
Don’t Say the “M” Word!
A Silent Radio Hour: Live Yet Pre-Recorded:
“I understand people believe I'm just a statistic
I say to them I'm different”
10th grader, Antwon Rose
“De l’audace, encore de l’audace, toujours de l’audace!” [“Audacity, audacity, always audacity!”]
-Georges Danton
NSPB: Welcome “our” most cherished listeners! I’m the New Show Producer Becka or NSPB and I just wanted to thank you for tuning in while turning off Any Semblance of Rational Thought or ASRT and leaving it at the door as for the sake of TheBezos: How in the hell can you listen to silent radio? Never understood that one but hey folks! We’re back!
J: I’m Jonathan!
D: And I’m Drew!
J&D: And together we’re not the Property Brothers!
NSPB: And for this cherished listeners! “We’re” so very sorry to have let you all down! But hey! The show must go on! And to this! Please give a hardy welcome to the RAT man Warren who’ll continue his decent into the very bowels of hell! Indeed yes! We’re talkin’ the belly of the beast known as Jeff Bezos and his wondrous Amazon.com! RAT man Warren, please!
Amazon’s position is unique. It effectively paid no federal income tax in 2017 and has won more than $1.2 billion in incentives to build its US network!
RAT: Free Enterprise indeed!
J: Kind of a cruel joke if you work for a living!
D: Babe always taught us to walk the ‘straight and narrow’!
J: Straight into the 7-11 narrowly getting out with the loot and a 20oz slurppy to boot!
RAT: So than! Object lesson number one! If you’re gonna steal? Do it big! Create a Corporation or CaC like Amazon.com!
“Real” living human beings: Go Big Never Small! Steal like the “true” professionals! Amazon! Amazon! Amazon!
J: Hey kiddies! Go to TheAmazonSite or TAS…
“Real” living human beings: TAS! TAS! TAS! Just click and ask! Amazon! Amazon! Amazon!
RAT: Right! Okay than kiddies! Order online, using “your” parents credit card just like the Corporate Welfare People or CWP do with the Federal Government’s Credit Card or FGCC and get yourself the fastest growing competitive game on the planet: ‘Create a Corporation’ or CaC! Tons of Fun or TF day and night! Night and day!
J&D&NSPB&RAT&“Real” living human being: “We” want “our” own ‘Create a Corporation’ or CaC!
J: Just click the mouse and get-off on Tons of Fun or TF!
NSPB: Right! So we’re back on “task” to use a term from the ‘Create a Corporation’ or CaC table game! RAT man Warren if you please!
RAT: Companies like Amazon.com go after that Corporate Welfare or CW! Just like sharks in the sea and blood in the water! Gang-Up or GU on those Government Subsidies or Gs…
“Real” living human beings: Gs! Gs! Gs! Gee wiz guys! Don’t know why there’s no sun up in the sky?
J&D&NSPB&RAT&“Real” living human being: Stormy weather!
RAT: Stormy weather known as the Corporate Welfare State or CWS! Companies like Amazon.com who demand public money known as “subsidies” or they won’t come to “your” city!
TheSASMO: They came to “my” city and I wish they’d never shown up! Wish they’d leave!
“Real” living human beings: TheSASMO’s back!
J: And everybody sing loud and clear!
J&D&NSPB&RAT&TheSASMO&“Real” living human beings&W: ‘We’ve been waitin’ for a long time Yes, we’ve been waitin’ for a long, long time We’ve been waitin’ for a long time But we ain’t gonna wait no more We’re getting’ ready to rock and roll We’re gonna 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3 Well, there’s a reason everybody Should be shakin’ in the house tonight And you should grab your favorite lady And promise her you’ll do it right Tell Fat Jack to jump back And give you a shot of some booze So you can party to some stomp-down Butt-bumpin’, rock and roll, rhythm and blues ‘Cause TheSASMO is back in town TheSASMO is back in town I know that everybody when they hear the music Will be doin’ it on the floor Jump up and down they turn around And tell the band to play some more ‘Cause tonight you can dance and romance And do anything you feel like doin’ But don’t look surprised ‘cause you know What I like and tonight we ought to do it ‘Cause TheSASMO is back in town TheSASMO is back in town, oh, yeah Well, there’s a reason everybody Should be shakin’ in the house tonight And you should grab your favorite lady And promise her you’ll do it right Tell Fat Jack to jump back And give you a shot of some booze So you can party to some stomp-down Butt-bumpin’, rock and roll, rhythm and blues ‘Cause TheSASMO is back in town TheSASMO is back in town, yeah yeah yeah TheSASMO is back in town and when TheSASMO is back There ain’t no foolin’ around!’
W: Some Good Ole Fashioned Chinese Green Tea or GOFCGIT sold by Mother Eu-funh or Playful Phoenix, a Mom and Pop Corner Tea Store in Hong Kong, China or MEPPMPCTSHKC and popcorn?
J&D&NSPB&RAT&TheSASMO&“Real” living human beings: Yes please!
W: Such politeness! Be right back with “your” Good Ole Fashioned Chinese Green Tea or GOFCGIT sold by Mother Eu-funh or Playful Phoenix, a Mom and Pop Corner Tea Store in Hong Kong, China or MEPPMPCTSHKC and popcorn!
J&D&NSPB&RAT&TheSASMO&“Real” living human beings: Thank you!
W: Never a problem my darlings!
NSPB: TheSASMO? How’d you get away from the infamously notorious, some say “legendary” but Jonathan says:
J: Bullshit!
NSPB: HR Hit Squad or HR Hit Squad?
TheSASMO: God! It was so easy!
NSPB: How so?
TheSASMO: I said to the HR Hit Squad or HR Hit Squad: ‘Hey! I gotta pee!’ And they said: ‘Okay! Go pee!’ And I just walked out of the FC a free man! Easy as cake! A piece of pie!
“Real” living human beings: TheSASMO tricked the nefarious HR Hit Squad or HR Hit Squad with the old: ‘I gotta pee!’ routine! Wait’ a go TheSASMO!
TheSASMO: Truth be told!
“Real” living human beings: Truth be told! Truth be told! The Truth be told! TheSASMO had to go!
TheSASMO: I did have to pee! All that “free” Amazon.com Fulfillment Center or FC coffee! Only thing that keep’s me there!
J: So SASMO? If TheAmazon ended the “free” coffee? Would you just up and leave?
TheSASMO: I’d ask for tea!
W: Some Good Ole Fashioned Chinese Green Tea or GOFCGIT sold by Mother Eu-funh or Playful Phoenix, a Mom and Pop Corner Tea Store in Hong Kong, China or MEPPMPCTSHKC and popcorn?
J&D&NSPB&RAT&TheSASMO&“Real” living human beings: Yes please!
W: Such politeness! Be right back with “your” Good Ole Fashioned Chinese Green Tea or GOFCGIT sold by Mother Eu-funh or Playful Phoenix, a Mom and Pop Corner Tea Store in Hong Kong, China or MEPPMPCTSHKC and popcorn!
J&D&NSPB&RAT&TheSASMO&“Real” living human beings: Thank you!
W: Never a problem my darlings!
D: I’ve heard TheAmazon sometimes gives out “free” popcorn?
TheSASMO: Indeed they do!
D: So is it “really” good popcorn?
TheSASMO: Wouldn’t know Drew! I’ll never take the scraps from Amazon’s table! I’m holding out for a living wage!
NSPB: And speaking of which! Onto “our” topic of the day! The RAT man Warren, please!
RAT: Speaking of Low Amazonian Pay or LAP…
“Real” living human beings: LAP! LAP LAP! Low Amazonian Pay is back!
TheSASMO: It never left!
“Real” living human beings: We bow to TheSASMO!
RAT: Right! Anyway! There’s a whole other class of Fulfillment Center Employee or FCE without any benefits! The Temp Workers or TWs! They all wear different colored badges than the Amazon employees but they work side by side.
TheSASMO: And all are brutalized together!
J: One big “unhappy” family!
D: I’ve got this one Jonathan! And one, two three and…
J&D&NSPB&RAT&TheSASMO&“Real” living human beings&W: ‘We are family I got all my sisters with me We are family Get up everybody and sing We are family I got all my sisters with me We are family Get up everybody and sing Everyone can see we’re together As we walk on by And! and we fly just like birds of a feather I won’t tell no lie All! all of the people around us they say Can they be that close Just let me state for the record We’re giving love in a family dose We are family I got all my sisters with me We are family Get up everybody and sing We are family I got all my sisters with me We are family Get up everybody and sing Living life is fun and we’ve just begun To get our share of the world’s delights High! high hopes we have for the future And our goal’s in sight We! no we don’t get depressed Here’s what we call our golden rule Have faith in you and the things you do You won’t go wrong This is our family jewel We are family I got all my sisters with me We are family Get up everybody and sing! We are family I got all my sisters with me We are family Get up everybody and sing! We are family I got all my sisters with me We are family Get up everybody and sing!’
RAT: Amazon says ‘seasonal,’ and some people say ‘temp,’ but in a lot of cases we’re talking about people working for TheAmazon who are working full days over an extended period of time! And the only difference is?
“Real” living human beings: The difference? What’s the difference?
RAT: These ‘temps’ are not employed directly by TheAmazon and guess what?
“Real” living human beings: What RAT man Warren? What?
RAT: Amazon gets off the hook and has absolutely no responsibility whatsoever for these workers and “their” families! Legal or otherwise!
TheSASMO: And I said: ‘God damn! God damn! God damn TheAmazon!’
NSPB: Righteously so! RAT man Warren, please!
RAT: Even though precise numbers for temp workers’ presence in TheAmazon abattoir, I mean Fulfillment Center’s an important consideration! When attempting to quantify Amazon’s total impact on the social safety net, according to an analysis by the U.S. Department of Commerce, temp workers classified as ‘laborers and freight, stock, and material movers’ made an average of $11.05 an hour in 2014 while direct hires made a mean hourly wage of $13.07. That means it’s likely they rely on programs like SNAP at higher rates than Amazon’s direct hires. Temp agencies appeared among the top 50 SNAP employers in every state that responded to our inquiry!
J: Freakin’ amazing!
D: Couldn’t say it better myself!
RAT: Right! Look! One temp agency in particular, Integrity Staffing Solutions or ISS has called itself ‘a primary supplier to Amazon.’
TheSASMO: Cattle in the marketplace!
RAT: Integrity Staffing Solutions or ISS as a ‘human resources arm’ of Amazon…
TheSASMO: Cattle in the marketplace!
RAT: Integrity Staffing Solutions or ISS appeared as the 37th largest employer of SNAP recipients in Arizona! It’s like this! No one can tell how many, if any, of these workers clock in at Amazon Fulfillment Centers or AFCs but Integrity’s presence on the list is a constant reminder that temp employees remain invisible even when the complete picture of TheAmazon’s reliance on the SNAP program comes into focus!
TheSASMO: Cattle in the marketplace!
In five of six states, McDonald’s and Walmart were the top two employers of SNAP recipients!
RAT: Clearly! No one can be surprised that low-wage work often forces people to rely on public assistance to make ends meet! For the most part, the SNAP employer lists demonstrate Banal Boring Trends or BBTs!
“Real” living human beings: BBTs! BBTs! BBTs! SNAP employers demonstrate Banal Boring Trends!
RAT: Walmart and McDonald’s fell in the top two slots in every state except one! Fast Food Companies or FFCs in general are overrepresented. It’s also not particularly newsworthy that companies that generate a profit from the SNAP program also employ many people who rely on it. Walmart sees roughly $13 billion in annual revenue from SNAP even as it tops the lists of employers whose workers rely on the program!
TheSASMO: Cattle in the marketplace!
RAT: Unrighteouly so SASMO! Unrighteously so! But listen! TheAmazon’s position’s unique!
“Real” living human beings: How so TheSASMO?
RAT: It effectively paid no federal income tax in 2017 and has won more than $1.2 billion in incentives to build out its U.S. network! Walmart on the other hand typically pays pretty close to the Full Corporate Tax Rate or FCTR!
TheSASMO: Meaning RAT man Warren?
RAT: Meaning that TheWalmart contributes much more than TheAmazon to the federal social safety net that supports its customers and workers.
“Real” living human beings: What TheSASMO?
RAT: A survey of just six states shows that TheAmazon ranks in the top 20 employers of SNAP recipients! And the kicker?
“Real” living human beings: Kick! Kick! Kick! RAT man Warren give us the Kicker!
RAT: These figures don’t include temp workers who likely rely on the program at even higher rates. These numbers are set against a backdrop of unprecedented growth! TheAmazon’s workforce ranges somewhere between 300,000 to 541,900 in its third quarters of 2016 and 2017!
TheSASMO: Any hope for humanity RAT man Warren?
RAT: Little to none as TheAmazon’s momentum shows no signs of slowing! On a single day last summer, the company attempted to fill 50,000 warehouse openings with dozens of jobs fairs across the country! And now hear this!
“Real” living human beings: We’re listening to the RAT man Warren!
RAT: Stated by an applicant in Illinois went asked by a reporter from the ‘New York Times’…
“Real” living human beings: New York City!
RAT: He said: ‘What’s not great about a company that keeps building? Unfortunately! After a five-hour wait, he left without a job!
TheSASMO: TheAmazon always keeps ‘em laughing! And oh by the way!
NSPB: Yes TheSASMO?
TheSASMO: In all likely hoods! TheAmazon probably Terminated or T’d at least 49,999!
J&D: Truly!
NSPB: And truly! We’re all outta time for today! Good Night Irene!
J&D: Bye now!
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To our cherished listeners out there hopefully believing that “our” ‘A Live Silent Radio Hour’ which’s live yet pre-recorded formerly at The Spank the Monkey Café in the heart of downtown Seattle, Washington of the United States of Here’s Still Hoping for the Fifth Aeon to Finally Come and Save Us All Here or USHSHFAFCSUAH in: America which’s quickly Slipping Into Darkness or SID! Hopefully, we’ll be back next time! Who knows? Now listen! I’m Becka formerly known as Reject # 2 now known as the New Show Producer Becka or NSPB! Hey! I got a name! I’m here in what’s known as “Reject Square” where we’re now broadcasting live yet pre-recorded and so many thanks once again to “our” cherished listeners who are anticipating another Episode or E of ‘A Live Silent Radio Hour’! We’re so sorry that you have to live through these nasty “happenings” taking place daily here in America! I mean to say! Really SORRY! But I wish to thank all of you for tuning in once more while again leaving Any Semblance of Rational Thought or ASRT at the door as for the sake of TheBezos: How in the hell can you listen to silent radio? Never understood that one but hey folks! We’re back! (Inspirational Pause!) And please cherished “LISTENERS” again return next time to hopefully Find-Out-the-Facts or FOFs concerning the nature and cause of our Collective Delusion or CD as we Tell Our Tale or TOT of Misery or M here in a land known as America! Please stay safe and always watch out for those Frenzied, Extremely Agitated Regrettables or FEAR who see their own reflection in the Mirrored Sunglasses or MSs of those who would Un-Naturally or UN ridicule our Blessed Way of Life here on Silent Radio or SR! And please! Make sure to thank TheBezos! And so I’m pretty certain! And Good Night Irene! Whoever “she” is?
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D: Jonathan?
J: Yes Drew?
D: Still don’t know why there’s no sun up in the sky?
J: Stormy weather Drew! Stormy whether known as TheBezos and his minions known as Amazon.com!
D: And everybody sing for TheBezos!
J&D&NSPB&RAT&TheSASMO&“Real” living human beings&W: ‘Don’t know why [Jeff Bezos], there’s no sun up in the sky Stormy weather [Jeff Bezos], since the man and I ain’t together [Jeff Bezos] Keeps rainin’ all the time [Jeff Bezos] Life is bare, gloom and misery everywhere [Jeff Bezos] Stormy weather [Jeff Bezos], just can’t get my poor self together [Jeff Bezos] I’m weary all the time [Jeff Bezos], the time [Jeff Bezos] So weary all the time [Jeff Bezos] When the man went away [Jeff Bezos], the blues walked in and met me If the man stays away [Jeff Bezos], old rocking chair will get me All I do is pray the Lord [Jeff Bezos], above will let me Walk in the sun once more [Jeff Bezos] Can’t go on [Jeff Bezos], all I have in life is gone [Jeff Bezos] Stormy weather [Jeff Bezos], since the man and I ain’t together [Jeff Bezos] Keeps rainin’ all the time [Jeff Bezos] Keeps rainin’ all the time [Jeff Bezos] I walk around, heavy hearted and sad [Jeff Bezos] Night comes around and I’m still feelin’ bad [Jeff Bezos] Rain pourin’ down, blindin’ every hope I had [Jeff Bezos] This pitterin’, patterin’, beatin’ and spatterin’ drives me mad [Jeff Bezos] Love, love, love, love, this misery is just too much for me [Jeff Bezos] Can’t go on [Jeff Bezos], everything I had is gone [Jeff Bezos] Stormy weather [Jeff Bezos], since the man and I ain’t together [Jeff Bezos] Keeps rainin’ all the time [Jeff Bezos] Keeps rainin’ all the time!’