How to distinguish between work and prison In prison ... you spend the majority of your time in a 8x10 cell. At work ... you spend most of your time in a 6x8 cubicle. In prison ... you get three meals a day. At work ... you only get a break for one meal and you have to pay for it. In prison ... a guard locks and unlocks all the doors for you. At work ... you must carry around a security card and unlock all the doors yourself. In prison ... you get time off for a good behavior. At work ... you get rewarded for good behavior with more work. In prison ... you can watch TV and play games. At work ... you get fired for watching TV and playing games. In prison ... you get your own toilet. At work ... you have to share. In prison ... they allow your family and friends to visit. At work ... you cannot even speak to your friends and family. In prison ... all expenses are paid by tax payers with no work required. At work ... you get to pay all the expenses to go to work and then they deduct taxes from your salary to pay for prisoners. In prison ... you spend most of your life looking through bars from inside wanting to get out. At work ... you spend most of your time wanting to get out and go inside bars. In prison ... there are wardens who are often sadistic. At work ... they are called managers.