Jail Jokes

Prison vs. Work

• IN PRISON...You spend the majority of your time in an 8x10 cell.
• AT WORK....You spend most of your time in a 6x8 cubicle.

• IN PRISON...You get three meals a day.
• AT WORK....You only get a break for 1 meal and you have to pay for it.

• IN PRISON...You get time off for good behavior.
• AT WORK....You get rewarded for good behavior with more work.

• IN PRISON...A guard locks and unlocks all the doors for you.
• AT WORK....You must carry around a security card and unlock and open all the doors yourself.

• IN PRISON...You can watch TV and play games.
• AT WORK....You get fired for watching TV and playing games.

• IN PRISON...You get your own toilet.
• AT WORK....You have to share.

• IN PRISON...They allow your family and friends to visit.
• AT WORK....You cannot even speak to your family and friends.

• IN PRISON...All expenses are paid by taxpayers with no work required.
• AT WORK....You get to pay all the expenses to go to work and then they deduct taxes from your salary to pay for prisoners.

• IN PRISON...You spend most of your life looking through bars from the inside wanting to get out.
• AT WORK....You spend most of your time wanting to get out and go inside bars.

• IN PRISON...There are wardens who are often sadistic.
• AT WORK....They are called supervisors.

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