The Playboy Forum

July, 1985

Truth and consequencesThe first time I ever got a job, at a men's retail store in a shopping mall, I had to take a lie-detector test. It was supposed to find out whether or not employees were honest, and the store gave the test from time to time to find out if anyone had been raiding the till. It was a real piss-off, but given what's going on now in the job world, that description of constant surveillance seems an ironic metaphor.These days, they don't just piss you off, they check your piss. Ou...