Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for July 18, 2012
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July 19, 2012
Transcript:
Goat: Hey, Neighbor Bob. Check out this book. It's about company towns at the turn of the century. These poor workers lived every free moments of their lives in the shadow of their ever-present employer. Neighbor Bob: How awful. Why did they put up with- I gotta go. Hey, Bob, I know it's your day off, but Jeff needs that report ASAP.
“…FIfteen tons and what do you get, another day older and deeper in debt. St. Peter don’t you call me ‘cause I can’t go, I owe my soul to the company store.”
(That was definitely a racket for the employers. The laborers rented overpriced shacks from them and spent their whole salary at the company store where the prices on goods were sky high.)