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types which I have been unable to circumvent. Now this
has been a source of curiosity to me since I first arrived
at the plant, since it doesn't take an accountin' whiz to
figure out that if the plant is payin' the security types
what they're worth, their cost should be substantially
more than would seem economically wise. I chance
across the answer one time when I happen to eavesdrop
on a couple off-duty lunchin' security types who are
gripin' about their jobs. It seems that they are underpaid
as much as us workin' types, despite the fact that they
are safeguardin' stuff worth millions! While this is

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doubtlessly unfair, I do not include it in my notes because
I have found that it is not only not unusual, but is actually
customary for plants or societies to underpay their guard-
ian types. I suppose that as bonkers as it seems, this is
in actuality the way things should be. If guardian types
made a decent wage, then criminal types like me would
go into that line of work as it has better hours and better
retirement benefits than the career path I am currently
pursuin', and if there was no crime there would be no
need for guardian types and we would all end up un-
employed. Viewin' it that way, the status quo is probably

for the best.

Anyway, I continues to keep my eyes and ears open
until I feel I have gathered sufficient injustices to make
my point, then I wait for the right moment to present my
findin's. This proves to be no great test of my patience,
since, as I have noted, the worker types love to gripe
about their jobs and tonight proves to be no exception

to this rule.

"What do you think, Guido?" Roxie sez, tumin' to
me. "Do the guys workin' the Dribble Toilets have it
worse than the ones workin' the Battery-Operated
Whoopie Cushions?"

I make a big show of thinkin' hard before I give my

answer.