Cathy Classics by Cathy Guisewite for September 07, 1997
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Voice on phone: Hi, Cathy, what are you doing? Cathy: It's 9:00 am. I'm working. Voice: Hi, Cathy, what are you doing? Cathy: It's 9:15am. I'm trying to work. Voice: Hi, Cathy, what are you doing? Cathy: It's 9:30am. I'm attempting to work! Voice: Hi, Cathy, what are you doing? Cathy: It's 9:45am. I'm ripping the phone out of the wall! Voice: What's it like to be living the new dream and running your own business from home, Cathy?? Cathy: I do everything I used to do, plus everything everyone else in the office used to do. Voice: But you don't have to commute to work! Cathy: I can spend an hour on the road just getting the supplies, copies and postage to mail one package! Voice: But with computers and faxes, you can do everything electronically! Cathy: My fax machine is jammed, my printer's frozen, my modem needs an upgrade and tech support is $100 an hour. Voice: But you can set your own hours! Cathy: Nobody thinks I'm really working, so people like you interrupt me all day long!! Voice: And some day when you have children, they can be playing by your side while you run your company! Cathy: Perfect! An infant! that's what I need! I already work 14 hours a day - let's add an infant and toddler to my work space!! Voice: The woman on the TV commerical isn't so cranky. Cathy: The woman in the TV commerical only has to sustain it for 30 seconds...