 It's a metaphor for totally splayed out for the world to see how useless you are. And so, Del, are you saying that work is useless? No. What I'm saying is, is the way they work you is rendering you useless because you're not using your brain. You see, clerks are jerks. Go to the post office and see how unhappy public employees are. They sit behind a plastic glass and they get arrogant and mean and cocky because they hate their job.