The Importance of Coercion in Work

On the shittiest days, as we are slogging through our miserable jobs, our couch at home appears in our mind as a paradise we wish we could escape back to. And that is what Marx means here when he says our labor is not voluntary, but coerced. The moment the compulsion to earn a living is lifted, we do shun labor like the plague, do we not? I for one have engaged in all of these activities on the clock, eating without clocking out, drinking alcohol on the clock to make the day less shitty, and even having sex on the clock a few times which I have to say is quite the thrill. To all of that though, I would add