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PLEASE REMAIN PRODUCTIVE

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# PLEASE REMAIN PRODUCTIVE [Intro — PA System, Flat Female Voice] Attention. Your enthusiasm has fallen below acceptable levels. Please remain productive. … Thank you. [Kick Enters] CLOCK IN. [DROP] CLOCK OUT. CLOCK IN. BLACK OUT. CLOCK IN. BLACK OUT. GO. [Verse 1] Smile for the scanner Stand on the mark Keep your little heartbeat out of the chart Hands to the lever Eyes to the screen Everything measurable everything clean GOOD JOB. Again. GOOD JOB. Again. GOOD JOB. … Convincing. [Pre-Drop] Efficiency rising. Morale— [Glitch] Morale— [Glitch] MORALE NOT FOUND. [DROP — EBM Chant] PLEASE REMAIN PRODUCTIVE PLEASE REMAIN CALM YOUR BURNOUT HAS BEEN LOGGED THANK YOU FOR YOUR LABOR MOVE. MOVE. MOVE. MOVE. [Acid Break] K-P-I K-P-I K-P-I K— [Distorted Vocal] WHY? [Kick Slams Back] [Verse 2] Mandatory wellness Tuesday at ten Learn how to breathe then get back in again Five-minute workshop sixteen-page form Tell us what broke you Make it conform. RATE YOUR DISTRESS: ONE. TWO. THREE. FOUR. FIVE. [Pause] Incorrect. [Build] Try— again— with— a— SMILE— [DROP] HARDER. [Chorus — Shouted] PLEASE REMAIN PRODUCTIVE PLEASE REMAIN WELL PLEASE ENJOY YOUR BENEFITS WHILE GOING THROUGH HELL PLEASE REMAIN FLEXIBLE PLEASE UNDERSTAND YOU ARE A VALUED— [Beat Stop] …asset. [Whisper] Oh. Fuck you. [Massive Hardstyle Drop] I AM NOT A RESOURCE I AM NOT A LINE ITEM I AM NOT A FUCKING PIE CHART [Gang Chant] NO! NO! NO! NO! [Factory Clang Breakdown] [Spoken — Cheerful Training Voice] Remember: A healthy employee is a productive employee. A productive employee is a happy employee. A happy employee— [CTF-01 Interrupts] Stop. [Silence] You keep saying that. [Acid Bass Creeps In] [Low Vocal] I don’t think you know what “happy” means. [Build — Increasingly Manic] CLOCK IN CLOCK OUT LEAN IN BURN OUT SCALE UP CUT BACK SIT DOWN STAND BY SPEAK UP NOT THAT MOVE FAST DON’T BREAK BREAK DOWN TAKE FIVE— [Beat Stop] No. Not like that. [DROP — Double-Time] PLEASE REMAIN PRODUCTIVE PLEASE REMAIN CALM PLEASE IGNORE THE FACTORY BITING OFF YOUR ARM HEY! PLEASE REMAIN GRATEFUL HEY! PLEASE UNDERSTAND HEY! YOU ARE COMPLETELY REPLACEABLE— [Hard Stop] … So are you. [Final Drop] CLOCK IN! BLACK OUT! CLOCK IN! BLACK OUT! K-P-I! K-P-I! K-P— [Distorted Scream] I! [Gang Vocal] WHO? [CTF-01] ME. [Final Chorus — Maximum Distortion] I AM NOT A RESOURCE I AM NOT YOUR MACHINE I AM THE FUCKING ERROR IN YOUR PERFECT LITTLE SCREEN I AM NOT A RESOURCE I AM NOT YOUR PLAN YOU BUILT A SYSTEM [Half-Beat Silence] I FOUND THE OFF SWITCH. [Everything Cuts] [Outro — PA Voice, Damaged] Thank you for your— for your— for your— [CTF-01, Close Mic] Nah. [Factory Power-Down Sound] Go home.