Barbara is encompassed by a never ending riot that the author feels she will never break out of. Despite her best efforts attempting to be a top notch employee she is demoralized by how her working style has shaped her life. In following quote, "But instead of saying, "You're fired," she says, "You're doing fine."(10). In her perspective she takes it as a robot when she is told she is doing fine. BJ would like her to continue working as a robot. She sees BJ to be a dictator in a way. In this quote, "feeling like I've just been stripped naked by the crazed enforcer of some ancient sumptuary law" (11). This is important because this shows how she feels completely useless and further demonstrates her vulnerability. In regard to this quote, "the
