A haiku is a style of poetry that originated in Japan. The form involves having 5-7-5 syllable pattern.
Some people on Ask Reddit shared where they work and what they do based on these constraints.
The results ended up being very fun.
Redditor Lost_Borealian invited workers to express themselves:
"Writing only in Haiku, what do you do for work?"
Can you guess where they work based on their poem?
Have you tried restarting it?
"How can I help you?"
"'Oh my god it is blinking.'"
"Try restarting it."
"You broke your laptop"
"Somehow this is my problem?"
"Yelling won't fix it."
Law school.
"I am in law school"
"I do research for money"
"Graduating soon"
"I used to do that"
"Now I write briefs all damn day"
"But it pays the bills."
We've all heard this before.
"Black or pinto beans?"
"You know guac is extra right?"
"Any sides with that?"
"Whaddup cake day bro"
"I ate Chipotle tonight"
"It was damn good, thanks"
Service industry.
"Service industry"
"but I cannot stand people,"
"so I bus tables."
"Put away returns"
"Are you ready to check out?"
"Refrigerator"
- azmetrex
Chilling poem on end of life care.
"The care in the end"
"There in silence they will lay"
"As I treat their pain"
The stock room lament.
"Boxes keep coming"
"Nowhere to put the products"
"The stock room is full"
"I need a new job"
"No career satisfaction"
"I fear the unknown"
They did not understand the assignment.
"Nobody wants to hire me because I suck at following directions."
We hope you enjoyed these poems and thought about how you could describe your own jobs.
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