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Some people manning the cash registers are getting anti-work messages on their register tapes because people or persons hacked into those devices:

Someone or multiple people are blasting “antiwork” manifestos to receipt printers at businesses around the world, according to people who claim to have seen the printed manifesto, dozens of posts on Reddit, and a cybersecurity company that is analyzing network traffic to insecure printers.

“ARE YOU BEING UNDERPAID?” one of the manifestos read, according to several screenshots posted on Reddit and Twitter. “You have a protected LEGAL RIGHT to discuss your pay with your coworkers. [...] POVERTY WAGES only exist because people are ‘willing’ to work for them.”

On Tuesday, a Reddit user wrote in a post that the manifesto was getting randomly printed at his job.

“Which one of you is doing this because it’s hilarious,” the user wrote. “Me and my co-workers need answers.”

There are countless similar posts on the r/Antiwork subreddit, some of which have this same manifesto. Others have different messages with the same sentiment of worker empowerment. All of them suggest that the reader of the message check out the r/antiwork subreddit, which has exploded in size and influence over the last several months as workers begin to demand their worth and organize against abusive workplaces. 

“Stop using my receipt printer dudes. Although hilarious, I’d like it to stop,” one Reddit post read. Another one read: “I’ve received about 4 different messages at random times over the last week at work. Very inspiring, encouraging, and fun to see my bosses face when he has to rip them off the printer.”

If I did Reddit, I'd be on  r/antiwork.

This is funny as hell.