Understaffed

Every place is understaffed

So managers are trying

To hire more workers, but it seems

That no one is applying.

 

Economists are mystified

For this is something new

And experts all have theories

But there’s not much they can do.

 

It sounds like many laborers

Were miserable at work

And being forced to stay at home

Turned out to be a perk.

 

Without a job to get to

Transit costs just disappeared

And with government assistance

Life was not what most had feared.

 

They made do without the hassles

Of tough jobs with little pay,

So when openings resumed, so many

Shrugged and just said, “Hey!

 

Why return to all the stresses?”

Which is why no one can fill

All those jobs which people hated

And I doubt they ever will.