Telegram Worker Gifts

Ow, my finger is really sore. Stop. How about yours? Over.

"Sorry, we've found an app that's better at being you than you!"

'Call me in the morning. In the afternoon, I'm out in the field.'

"When they said progress made our replacement inevitable I thought they meant by AI."

"The UWS association for the advancement of A.I."

From Hunter-Gatherer to Influencer: The Evolution of the Dignity of Labor

'I suppose you realize that when I tell everyone back at the office about this you wont be able to tele-commute anymore.'

Birds on a wire, "Bernie?...Oh he's gone cable!"

"Come to think of it, I can't think of the last time I saw a monarch around here."

Job Safety - Hardhat.

"This is System One and I am holding the beta for System Two."

'You have to stop bringing all that work home. You're trying to send a fax from our toaster.'

'No no Mr. Peters, you are not being outsourced. You are being virtualised in 'the cloud'.'

"Thank you for holding. . .Your call is important to us. . .Yeah right."

From Hunter-Gatherer to Influencer: The Evolution of the Dignity of Labor

"What the hell sort of convenient new feature is this?"

'The boss said things have to improve or my job is going to run out of minutes.'

'I got a job working for Google Earth.'

'From here I can monitor world stocks, or attend overseas teleconferences, unfortunately I can't get out though because the door's stuck.'

"Of course it sends your message digitally. If you want analogue we'll have to saddle up old Bessie."

"Ruddy AI. Bad enough to be replaced by a computer, never mind a COFFEE MAKER."

1876 - Alexander Graham Bell made the world's first telephone call.

'Kids, let's pause and give thanks to that higher power that keeps this family together...our internet service provider.'

Hanley Fabric Co., Polly-Esther

'A Telegram, M'Lord.'

'Choose, Fenwick ? me or corporatge clout.'

Barking From Home

SF NO

"I didn't even know they could knit!"

Telephone Box

"Are you George or his AI replacement?"

'Honey, it's me! If you want to marry me, please press 1!'

Musk's Twitter

'As a teleworker Colin sometimes struggled against feelings of isolation.'

"I feel like my job in the fossil fuel industry is going the way of the telegraph operator, the pony express rider and the buggy whip maker..."