d.: I will see if Cal.E. is home from work yet. I am a little worried about her. She has been working a lot of hours. I never expected that to happen! Besides the fact that she is a cat, her attitude changed entirely when she started listening to "The Big Cheese," Hush Limberger at work,.(Ring)
C.: hello? Is that you, d.c.?
d.: Hi, Cal.E. Yes, it is me, d.c., the last of the... IDK I lost it there. Anyway, are you just getting home from work? You seem a little frazzled.
C.: Yes, d.c. I am just coming home from working two double shifts (for me) I am exhausted!
d.: You worked for sixteen hours straight?! C.: Yes, d.c. One of my coworkers kept calling in sick. Today, he came in late and tried to leave early, so the manager fired him. He said that, since I am such a good worker, I could take up his slack!
d.: Did your manager offer you extra pay?
C.: No, just the straight-time pay plus my bonus for cleaning more than ten cages per hour.that I make while I am on shift. It is getting tiring, but I don't want to be fired, too. Today, I was one minute late because you worried me so much last night talking about bed bugs! Then, I went on CNN and looked it up. I did not know that they were real until then!
d.: Yes, they are real, but it is just an expression. I am sorry that I worried you, but I wouldn't worry about being one minute late once in a while. Even I have done that, and I hate to be late for anything.
C.: It's okay. I was not technically late. Hush says that one should always be at work fifteen minutes early. Today, I was only fourteen minutes early. It is a good thing that my manager came in four minutes later, or he may have fired me, too!
d.: I doubt it, Cal.E. The way you have been working, The Kennel needs you...
C.: But what will I do if I lose my job?!
d.: Cal.E. You are a pet cat! Your main job is to sit in your parents' laps and purr. If you do lose your job, you still have a roof over your head, as well as all the food you desire. I do not know why you are working so much harder for the same pay.
C.: I will lose my self-respect if I lose my job! Then, I may go back to eating catnip in excess and gambling on sports! I cannot afford to lose my job!
d.: But you are working your fingers to the bone.. which reminds me of an old song. This is for you, Cal.E.
Boney Fingers
See the rain comin' down and the roof won't hold 'er Lost my job and I feel a little older Car won't run and our love's grown colder But maybe things'll get a little better, in the mornin' Maybe things'll get a little better. Oh! the clothes need washin' and the fire won't start Kids all cryin' and you're breakin' my heart Whole darn place is fallin' apart Maybe things'll get a little better, in the mornin' Maybe things'll get a little better. Work your fingers to the bone - whadda ya get? ( Whoo-whoo ) Boney Fingers - Boney Fing-gers. Yea! I've been broke as long as I remember Get a little money and I gotta run and spend 'er When I try to save it, pretty woman come and take it Sayin' maybe things'll get a little better, in the mornin' Maybe things'll get a little better. Work your fingers to the bone - whadda ya get? ( Whoo-whoo ) Boney Fingers - Boney Fing-gers. Yea! the grass won't grow and the sun's too hot The whole darn world is goin' to pot Might as well like it 'cause you're all that I've got But, maybe things'll get a little better, in the mornin' Maybe things'll get a little better. Work your fingers to the bone - whadda ya get? ( Whoo-whoo ) Boney Fingers - Boney Fing-gers. Source: LyricFind Songwriters: Hoyt Wayne Axton / Renee Eugenie Armand Boney Fingers lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group C.: Heavy sigh
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