With a Smile

24/10/2020 – Poem a Day Compilation



Round here, it’s service with a smile.

A big, broad nice to see you type smile

That says I’ve just come on shift today

Even though I’ve been here for five hours.



You serve the customer with a smile

Regardless of whether your pet just died

And you had to break the awful news

To your child on the seventh birthday.



You stock the shelves with a smile

Even if you’d rather be anywhere else

Because this is what pays the bills

And puts food on the table.



You man the register with a smile

Because the customer is always right,

Even when they’re not

Because that smile is your shield.

Productivity

15/09/2020 -  Poem a Day Compilation



Your efficiency has been down.

I don’t know what to say.



It’s not like you to be like this.

Your output is normally top-notch.



The effectiveness of your strategies

Has been lacking recently.



Your performance is not what is was

And I feel like something is wrong.



We need your product to be deliverable

So we’re going to work on that.



There’s been a huge paradigm shift

Over the last two financial quarters.



It’s a real game changer in our sector

And we need to jump on board.



We’ve suffered a few pain points recently

And now we’re really looking to you.



The company has a vision statement

We want you to step up to.



The resonance of this new direction

Will see us disrupt our previous thinking.



Sometimes you have to fall forward

And completely change your tack.



I’m positive about the seamless integration

Of the fresh approach we’ve outlined.



We’re pushing the envelope, here,

As I’m certain you’re aware.



It’s important to be fully cognisant

Of every aspect of this deal.



It is a real hot button we have

And we have to move with speed.



I feel a real synergy with your team

That I’d love to see continue.



I’d hate for anyone to fall victim

To this decruiting strategy from above.



So, let’s take a granular perspective

On the road ahead of us here.



I couldn’t think of anyone else

More unlikely to boil the oceans.



You’re perfect to uptake this ideation,

I know you’ll give 110 percent.



Of course, I’d have run with this myself

But I just don’t have the bandwidth.

Unemployed

07/08/2020 - Poem a Day Compilation



I am not unemployed.

I am unemployable.

There is no real reason.

It’s just what I’m told.



I have the qualifications.

I have done the all the hours.

I’d just like to be given a chance

Like everybody else.



I’m not overly political,

I don’t bring my views to work.

I don’t like to get into arguments

Or cause any tension.



I quite like sports and theatre,

I can happily talk about both,

And I’m not pushy with my opinion

Even when heavily pressed.



I can work from home or an office,

With others or on my own,

I sound, on paper, like perfection

Until I walk in the door.



They never come out and say it,

But how I look frightens them off.

They don’t need to tell me directly,

I can tell before they open their mouth.



I won’t apologise for who I am,

I can’t change the way I appear,

And if you won’t see past the superficial

I don’t want to work for you there.



But I would like to be given an opportunity

To show that I’m capable, at least.

That how I look doesn’t affect my work,

Only your perception of me.