For over 3
decades and counting , part of my job is to Interactively entertain
thousands of guests up close and personal at corporate events in San
Francisco. Without provocation, the guests topic of conversations almost
always pivot around how miserable they are in their jobs and how they
hate their bosses. As part of my job on the floor with guests , I ask
many profound and joyful questions to shift focus , and bring up the
mood with earnest conversation. Though , a question I often ask at the
end is: “In your life, what have you found to be the opposite of love?”
Among many answers -The #1 answer I often hear spontaneously shouted is:
“corporate culture !” Ouch.
Seems
that the new ‘lack of culture ‘of the corporations is simply another
epidemic plaguing San Francisco. It is no different then the Jonestown
massacre or the Aids epidemic here. Only the ‘cultural void’ of these
corporate entities brings equal or worse suffering than both the tragic
massacre and epidemic combined. They’re committing the most heinous
crime of all- they are killing people‘s souls and spirits while they are
still alive. They’ve created a work force of zombie robots who can no
longer care or love or think for themselves without connection to what I
call their ‘corporate tits“ (which suckle the life out of them! ) They have ‘drunk the Kool-Aid’ that is prescribed to them by their soulless HR teams’ Counter-intuitive regulations.
And
exhausted by the plague, they willingly succumb to being sheep who
voluntarily herd themselves into the slaughterhouse to be massacred.
Through
my endless interactions as an artist, a guide, and an entertainer ,
I’ve inadvertently discovered that the current workplace is just another
landfill full of shattered dreams littering and destroying the human
spirit. It seems no different than the giant island of plastic debris
suffocating our oceans and the ruthless slaughter of the Earth’s
environment fueled by greed with no end.
So to those of you who feel as if you’re ‘doing time ‘ at work - Quit.
Rise ,create ,contribute ,hold your ground ,make a buck doing your thing .
Than persevere and shine so bright that your only purpose is to remain inspired and inspiring.
The world is an absolute miracle and so are you .
This year …Exist.
-Gregangelo
