Last week, at this job, the computer at which I sat somehow disconnected from the Internet. It made me realize that virtually every move we make at this place is connected to the Internet, relies on a working Internet connection, syphons through the neurons and packetry of the mysteriously still-working network of networks. But it was not the magical mystery of it all that clamped me, that gutted me, that dug into that fearful core of my time spent here. No, I was certain in this moment that I had been fired. There is no single, scripted way they have of firing people here. Every individual is treated differently, with a new and unrehearsed level of cruelty. THis was the signal they sent to me. Or so I thought. In the time it took to move to a different PC I logged in as usual and all was well. I mean, as well as can be in a situation like this. I need out, I want out, but I’m not going to get out any time soon. Hiring takes time. Firing does not. One thing I’ve heard about getting fired here is that you get summoned to the 16th floor. Few of us have ever seen 16. I have only foggy memories of a room in which I blacked out for long periods of time. That’s before the meds. If I black out now it’s total erasure of consciousness and time because I’m not aware of it happening anymore. I feel OK today. The N to the R went smoothly. There is an interesting, subterranean phenomenon that is most certainly not unique to the Lexington Avenue\/59th Street station, but I appreciate its slow rupture. As the R approaches a thick wind precedes it, filling the station and creating a ruckus where there had only been a few people puttering around in half-woken silence. I like to feel this passage as a force of God’s nature, not the MTA. The wind and the noise rise, rise, and emergee from the tunnel as a steady, stabl;e creek of noise and transportation. The elevator at Cortlandt Street still does not work. This means little to nothing, really, as far as my arrival time. The time spent waiting for and traveling on the elevator is probably the same as entering the Oculus, taking 2 escalators down, and walking to the passage connecting to the FUlton Center. But still, the elevator should work. The announcements on th train indicate that there is an elevator at either end of the platform. What the announcement does not say is that one of them does not work. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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