Some of the shittiest temp jobs I've had, that specialized in trapping people paying child support or on probation that can't just quit without going to jail for non payment of money, the most heinous of crimes, had motivational posters on the wall. They were one step removed from work will set you free as far as I was concerned.

But hey, if I work extra extra extra hard, maybe I can be a billionaire, too 😁

I actually enjoy the ones with unintentional double meanings. Corporate redid my building at work a few years back.

• We have a picture mural of the local city skyline featuring a big billboard that they couldn't be bothered to get marketing to photoshop into one of ours. It's an ad for a local real estate company and apartment group with known ties to organized crime. It's named for the owner's last name and I shudder to think how much money these people burned on SEO shifting results to not immediately return all the sordid details of the court case that landed one of the brothers in jail for some serious shit including connections to homicides (those didn't stick, but the financial crimes did). Makes me giggle because in one of the wall sized photo murals this billboard is like 4ft wide. Who the fuck approved that?

• We also have "inspirational quotes" up on the walls. Big custom ordered vinyl sticker shit. One from Winnie the Pooh effectively works out to "Don't waste time thinking shit through, just work! Fuckin' YOLO!". My coworkers now say we'll blame Winnie the Pooh if one of our projects blows up.

The place where I did my internship many years ago had a poster that was literally just black text on white background saying "Good work, pleased customers, more commissions". I can hardly put into words how motivated I was.

"Do it for her"

Don't leave us hanging. What did the poster say?

The only people who mean it are physical therapists.

🐱 Hang in there