#working class forever

[this-lady-of-the-flowers]

the construction guys I work with for this archaeological monitoring job think I’m really “hardcore” because I did all my own tattoos and smoke marlboro reds, which is hilarious because I’m just poor and anxious, whereas 80% of them are felons 

[iminthephonebook]

There’s more than one conversation happening here . . .

Me [rocking the automatic espresso machine in the break room that looks like a nice cafe, getting fancy with my caramel crosshatching]

Old high-ranking corporate guy: “You seem to really got that down.”

Me: I was a barista in a past life.

Him: Isn’t this automatic machine incredible?

Me: It does a good job, but nothing’s better than doing it yourself.