Rats, racing

It has just come to my attention that I am incredibly spoiled. I worked an 8-hour day today. I have not worked an 8-hour day since 2009. I mean, I have, but not as part of a series of 8-hour days, just as an occasional aberration in a part-time life. This day, as part of my 35-hour, 4-day workweek, and also full of revelations of exactly how much I am expected to do how quickly and with how little support, felt very, very long. I take my hat off to all you working stiffs.  Also, I would like to know why we have not had a labor uprising yet.