Parking lots are the DMV waiting rooms of the workplace.

• Intro: Awesome Ways, Yung Bae;Nile Rodgers, Groove Continental (2023)
• Poem: At a Waterfall, Reykjavik, Eileen Myles
• Song: Get Ready, The Temptations, Motown (1966)

Yeah, but GPS doesn't account for morning lethargy.

• Intro: Awesome Ways, Yung Bae;Nile Rodgers, Groove Continental (2023)
• Poem: The Problem with Travel, Ada Limón
• Song: The Wannadies, You & Me Song

You don't need justification for a second donut on Fridays.

• Intro: Can't Steal My Heaven, Caleb Hawley, Storage Unit Records (2023)
• Poem: The Lesson, Maya Angelou
• Music: Forgive You, Leon Bridges, Columbia (2018)

Does the employee handbook cover fish in the office microwave?

• Intro: Can't Steal My Heaven, Caleb Hawley, Storage Unit Records (2023)
• Poem: You Reading This, Be Ready, William Stafford
• Music: Happy Up Here, Röyksopp, Parlophone (France) (2009)

Hey, you're my driver assist, pal.

• Intro: Can't Steal My Heaven, Caleb Hawley, Storage Unit Records (2023)
• Poem: Today, Mary Oliver
• Music: Me Myself and I, De La Soul, AOI Records (1989)

Nothing says teamwork like not being able to agree on a Pandora station.

• Intro: Can't Steal My Heaven, Caleb Hawley, Storage Unit Records (2023)
• Poem: The Trees, Philip Larkin
• Song: If You Want Me to Stay, Sly & The Family Stone, Epic/Legacy (1973)

Some weeks just call for chocolate sprinkles.

• Intro: Bang Bang, Dizzy Gillespie, Verve Reissues (1966)
• Poem: A Confession, Czesław Miłosz
• Song: Bullseye, Fulton Lee, Lolipop Records (2023)

Big carpool-lane energy.

• Intro: Bang Bang, Dizzy Gillespie, Verve Reissues (1966)
• Poem: Spring, W.S. Merwin
• Song: Discopolis, Discoholic, Discoholic (2024)

I won't comment on the size of your lunchbox if you don't comment on the quality of my merge.

• Intro: Bang Bang, Dizzy Gillespie, Verve Reissues (1966)
• Poem: Not to Know How to Live, Jim Moore
• Song: The Good Life, Devon Gilfillian, Capitol Records (2020)

Traffic jams are the vehicular equivalent of a Zoom meeting.

• Intro: Bang Bang, Dizzy Gillespie, Verve Reissues (1966)
• Poem: I Tell My Heart, Kim Addonizio
• Song: Someone to Follow, Aoife O'Donovan, Yep Roc Records (2024)