{"id":3215,"date":"2022-03-18T13:45:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-18T13:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africanamericanvoice.net\/?p=3215"},"modified":"2022-08-16T13:57:26","modified_gmt":"2022-08-16T13:57:26","slug":"video-us-worker-moves-into-office-cubicle-to-protest-the-cost-of-living","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africanamericanvoice.net\/?p=3215","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: US Worker Moves Into Office Cubicle To Protest The Cost Of Living\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Lee Bullen<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The pandemic has upended office life. Many people now prefer to work remotely at home. That reality has compelled companies to devise new requirements, if any, for in-office appearances. Other firms miss the workplace culture and deem it essential to schedule staffers\u2019 return to headquarters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Simon Jackson has taken a different tack, sharply detouring from the traditional work-home equation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An American office worker, Jackson has moved into his work cubicle to protest the emerging cost-of-living crisis \u2014 and grabbed 12 million views on his Calm Simon\u00a0TikTok<\/a>\u00a0in the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He has arranged books, appliances and kitchen items on a shelf, neatly hung his clothes and uses a large storage space as a bed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said: \u201cI am moving from my apartment and into my cubicle at work \u2026 They do not pay me enough to do both. So as a matter of protest, I am just going to live at my job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll see how long I can get away with this.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The clip shows Jackson unpacking his belongings into work shelves and office drawers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He explained there are showers available in the company\u2019s second building and that he keeps his food, mostly ham and pineapple, in the staff-room fridge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jackson told Zenger he \u201cmoved in\u201d to his new home last week and sleeps under his desk. \u201cI\u2019ve saved money by living in my car in the past, but in my current city, I have no car \u2026 but I have a cubicle!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI have spent four days here in total so far. Truly, I started this just to save money in between apartments, and I posted the TikTok mostly as a joke\u2026 then it blew up.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jackson isn\u2019t worried about his employer discovering his secret. He said no one he works with is on TikTok. He called his plan \u201ca way of saving money.\u201d But said he cannot comment on the effectiveness of his move as a protest just yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTime will tell,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is a bit of a literary precedent for Jackson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1853, Herman Melville, famed for his masterwork \u201cMoby Dick,\u201d wrote \u201cBartleby the Scribner, A Story of Wall-Street.\u201d<\/a> Bartleby works as a copyist in a lawyer\u2019s office and informs him that he will not be copying anymore, simply stating: \u201cI prefer not to.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s soon discovered that Bartleby also lives in the office, but refuses to discuss his personal life or move out. It\u2019s not until new tenants take over the premises, that Bartleby is forced to vacate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Source: Zenger News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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