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A Sunny Good Morning

He puts on his brave mask, oozing CONFIDENCE Walks with a SWAGGER in his gait, tilted FORWARD SMILES broadly, whistling a HAPPY tune, as he GREETS perfect strangers with a sunny 'GOOD MORNING' Takes his accustomed seat on the train; views the FINANCIAL news to scan the CRUCIAL developments In the world of BUSINESS, his world, as he HURTLES DOWNTOWN, to the land of SKYSCRAPERS, those MAGNIFICENT monoliths, bastions of WEALTH and security Now BRIMMING with enthusiasm, he EXUBERANTLY opens The door to HIS OFFICE, logs on views his emails -- What's this? -- "You've been replaced by a robot. HAVE A NICE DAY!"

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Tom Cunningham

Date: 1/16/2019 12:39:00 PM

Love it Gershon, reminds me of factories years ago with hundreds of workers now it only takes one or two to operate, it will get worse. Tom.

Gershon Wolf
Date: 1/16/2019 6:56:00 PM

Yup. You're right, as usual. Thanks for commenting, my friend. Here's to retiring before the robots get us!

Bobby May

Date: 1/16/2019 7:52:00 AM

I couldn't of said it better my friend, the computer age is not as great as everyone thinks it is. No one creates anymore, mankind is losing that battle to machines and it's happening right before their eyes.

Gershon Wolf
Date: 1/16/2019 12:23:00 PM

Your comment is well-taken, Bobby, and---oops, I've gotta go: Time for the robot to feed me lunch... :) gw

Caren Krutsinger

Date: 1/16/2019 3:18:00 AM

This is so telling, and true I am afraid. We will not know when we have been replaced until the robot sends us our final check. So sad, and so notoriously true. Will the robots keep paying us? I hope so.

Gershon Wolf
Date: 1/16/2019 12:23:00 PM

Ha, ha: The robots are already paying us, aren't they? (Isn't everything done by AI/algorithm these days? … You're right; it's scary! :) gw