LETTERS: WIFE HEADS LIST OF MOTIVATIONS

To the editor:

A Speak Out caller recently asked what motivated people to go to work each day. I don't know about the rest of you, but at the top of my list would by my tyrannical wife.

I have feigned sickness, said I'm too old to continue working, told her that the worth of a human being has nothing to do with the fact that he/she works for a living, and so forth.

She won't buy any of it. She has no sympathy for these or any other legitimate reasons for not going to work.

"Get out of bed and get going!" is arguably the mildest thing she screams at me, rudely terminating my trip to never-never land.

Really, I owe here a debt of gratitude. I love my job. And, once I shower, dress and then eat two delicious, nutritious Pop Tarts she has carefully and lovingly prepared for me, I begin to feel motivated. After a six-pack of Diet Dr. Pepper, I'm raring to go.

It's just the up-and-at-'em that's so difficult for me. In addition, there's also the never-ending allure of the rare opportunity of awakening slowly, heading for the couch and spending the day watching cartoons, cops, soaps, Seinfeld reruns etc.

I'm sure there will be widespread sympathy for me among Southeast Missourian readers. Even though my wife also works, most all will agree that she should cut me some slack from time to time.

However, I beg you not to write letters to the editor or make Speak Out comment siding with me. She would probably hound me worse than ever is that occurred.

As I've outlined, I've learned how to adjust, in what I think is nothing less than heroic fashion. In fact, in ways I think I have come to personify the work ethic that has made this country great. However, it will be up to the general public to decide if this makes me worthy of inclusion on Cape's Wall of Fame. In fairness, if the decision is put to a public referendum, my wife should be excluded from voting.

STEVE MOSLEY

Cape Girardeau