Marcus James Essays (1370 words) - Aiden, Punk Rock,

Marcus James Preface I chose a dramatic piece, it is a play follows a group of office workers who complain about their life at work while on a lunch hour, the boss comes in and then they try to explain to him their situations. The purpose of this piece is to explain to others some of the effects of using technology in the workplace. I chose this genre because I wanted to present the research in a re latable yet informative manner. I thought a play would real ly grasp the reader's attention, through the use of dialect. I was inspired to write this piece because of the nature of the genre and how easy it is to read and follow a play about any specific topic. This piece would most likely appeal to adults who are already working in the workplace, or it can also appeal to students in secondary school who are preparing to go out into the working world. Finally, a piece like this wo uld most likely be found in an online article or in an office circular. In this way it will reach the adult audience or anyone else who plans to work in an office environment in the future. Word Count: 199 words Reflective "Office Woes" Four workers are in the lunch room discuss ing the problems they are having in the workplace related to the technology they use every day. Enter Bill, Stan, Josh and Tom into the lunch room Stan: Aye Josh you finish dah project ? Josh : No boi, my back rel hurtin' meh, I cyah function for the rest of de day . Bill: Daiz cause every day so we hunching over de damn computers , sitting down staring at dem whole day go be rel bad for us in the future . Tom : Is true what he saying boi, watch how Stan had to get glasses, I was reading ah article about how watching de computer screen for so long does ruin your vision . Bill: A h next ting that could happen is we get rel stressed out boi, watch how Josh sprout bout 50 grey hair in de last couple months Josh: Yea boi I had pressure to teach myself how to use some new program and it was rel pressure Stan: And all these email and ting coming in does be rel distracting, I was trying to finish ah project de oder day and I could hardly concentrate . Josh: A ll kinda 11 o'clock in the night and ting to o inno , das rel invasion of my personal time . Tom: My neck does be straini ng me too boi, dey say de chair we sitting in supposed to help dat but it not doing nuttin' . Bill: (laughing) Dem chairs as old as my nenen boi! Tom: We shouldn't even be sittin ' down all day; we should be gettin' 30 minutes of physical activity a day Stan : Dis technology does be causing rel social problems too boi, nobody talks anymore, is only instant messaging. Josh: (texting Bill on his cell phone) How y'all talking like yuh grow up in the bush so? Bill: (after r eading the text) Boi Josh yuh feel yuh better than we or somethin' ? Tom: An' yuh see how dey catch Jerry de other day boi, he was doing some hackin ' on his computer trying to t ief money from the business . Stan: Steups! Technology could make it rel easy to tief boi . Bill: I read how some study showed that exposure to de light from a computer could cause depression. Tom: Boi ah next article say how dat s ame exposure to light could cause cancer to o , we hadda tell the bossman about some of dese issues Mr Aiden, the boss walks in and interrupts Mr Aiden: (folding his arms) Firstly gentlemen, I hope that you all don't speak to clients like that, to climb the co-operate ladde r you must speak professionally, secondly what are some of these issues? The workers straighten up in their seats and turn directly to Mr Aiden Bill: (stuttering) Mr Aiden, s- sir