>>I get the feeling that the word which is pronounced "employee" is actually spelled either "serf", "villein", or "slave" depending on how restrictive your owner... oops, that's "boss" is.. Hi ho! thank god the 20th century is almost over.
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>Welcome to capitalism. :) If you believe at all in the "free market" (warts and all), you believe that no one is forced to become an employee (i.e., enslaved). This is certainly true in our field.

Yep, as long as you have no dependents or other "hostages to fortune" that limit your flexibility with regard to hours worked and location worked in.

There's potential for a *long* discussion on the structure and functioning of 20th Century Western Civilization here, but I think the UT-PTB would send the off-topic thread police after us fairly soon.

Let's just say I do what I have to do to survive, sometimes I get lucky and get to enjoy it as well. Today I have just spent 1hr 50mins driving 28 miles of highway to get to work (usually it takes about 45mins). I feel very sour about it all for some reason.

Ho hum...more coffee Jennifer!

Jen