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I WAS A MIDDLE - AGED LIFTIE

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After eight days impersonating a waiter, I was fired, but luckily they didn’t press charges.

This was in Maine, over at Big Corporate. Mind, I got no ax to grind and no problem with anybody that works for Big Corporate; some lovely folks there.

People just trying to make turns, or make a living, or make a truck payment, or make insurance premiums: Everyone’s gotta eat.

But Big Corporate has its problems. Draconian controls imposed by distant owners crush

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