June 8, 2016
It was the end of class and I uncharacteristically stood up to give a rant about feeling cheated for not getting an advertised result. “It’s not about the quality” I argued but “being gamed”. I exited the classroom and looked at my watch to find out that it was now 14:00 and I had been talking for the last 15 minutes straight. I walked over to the bulletin board on the other side of the room which had “global” schedule posted. Everyone’s schedule fit into one of several templates represented by differently colored pins on a card. I was moving from the white timeslot into the yellow. The person next to me asked themselves, “so I’m green, huh?” before walking away.