“Overslept, so tired.

If late, get fired.

Why bother? Why the pain?

Just go home, do it again.”

Well now, that’s a cheery, morale-building message, don’t you think?

It’s from a poem plastered on the wall in New York City’s 42nd Street station, which the writer Jerry Useem used to pass during his commute.

He included it in his article in the current issue of …