I pledge allegiance to the almighty dollar of the United States of Consumers with materialism and greed for all…I had to work on Independence Day.  I was listening to NPR while I ate breakfast and was treated to a reading of the Declaration of Independence, my first thought once the reading was finished was “elected officials should be required to read this daily.”  When I got to work the first call I took was from a guy who asked me what our store hours were for the day.  I told him.  His response was, “so you work for one of those places that celebrate the almighty dollar rather than independence.  Sorry you have to work dude.”  Click.  He inspired the above pledge.  I felt bad for the rest of the eight hours I was at work.  I wasn’t the one who decided we’d be open for the 4th, some corporate exec who was probably spending the day at a barbeque decided that, but I have free will.  I don’t have to be a part of the problem.  I decided I’d worked there long enough.  Time to move on.  If anyone knows of a good job out there let me know (I’m serious).  We were busy that day.  It was sad.