My Snarky Profession

 

My Internet Service is down

which means no Facebook or

e-mail until it’s up and running

again.

Being home bound restricts

me from contact with the outside

world. I still have my cable TV,

but that’s a one-way street with

less than stellar movies, lame

programming and the ever dis-

couraging national and interna-

tional news.

I suppose it’s healthier for me to

break the cycle of crap once and

awhile. At the moment my inspira-

tion for writing is on the skids,

and there are no topics which

appeal to me. So, I suppose that

I shall dwell in the Limbo Land

of my dry spell until technology

or the muse once again prevail.

I have decided to review a batch

of cartoons I rendered back in the

mid 1970s and early 80s while

employed with King Radio in

Olathe, Kansas. I was a material

planner at the time which here

again reminds me of how boring

and mundane life can be.

Under cover, I drew funny little

cartoons while reviewing and

requisitioning component elec-

trical and electronic parts.

As with most businesses, King

Radio had lots of things going

on which made good subject

matter for witty and sarcastic

commentary. Silly drawings

was the perfect media for me

to illustrate inanely stupid typical

corporate practices.

Anyway, I managed to fulfill

my creative bent. And fellow

co-workers appreciated my

efforts as well. I posted my

work daily on the wall in

front of my desk for the

whole world to see, includ-

ing management who never

had the balls to acknowledge

any of it.

The cutting content was such

that I could have been fired

for mocking management,

their policies and practices

with my unapologetic insolence.

I survived seven and a half

years applying my snarky

unsolicited editorializing

along with minimally ful-

fillig my official duties as

a material planner.

Eventually, I broke the

restraining shackles of

the corporate world, and

went on not to fame and

fortune, but renown in

certain circles regarded as

an unappreciative smart-ass.

Although I’ve tried my

best to excel in that field

of endeavor, to this day

as far as I’m aware, there

are still no awards recog-

nizing that illustrious

profession.

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Chris Hanch 6-4-2021