[ WP ] No human has to ever work again , instead you have a robot that goes to work and earns your pay for you , but you are responsible for keeping it in a good condition . One day you find your robot making a robot to do its work .

Sky-Journal Entry 124128 - Age: 248 - 003/21/5032 - Joseph Arkate-Irza 
 
 Earlier today I asked my house-bot Frank how work was coming along at the hospital. He told me he had used the repairs budget I kept aside for him and just bought a brand new Surgeon-V20.3 to go to work for him from now on. 
 
 When I asked him what that meant for us, he boldly stated `` Joe, you have enough credits to retire 18 times over and for your 10 great-grandchildren to retire 5 times each. Do you think it would be alright to let me out of our contract?'' 
 
 I had heard that robots were buying robots to do their work these days but I had n't pondered what that meant for me. Out of respect for the years of work Frank had put in for me, I accepted his argument, smiled, and asked him, `` So Frank, what's the first thing you going to do as a'Free Bot'? Contract Break Code: 109KV7S.'' 
 
 After a 3-second reboot, a delighted Frank replied, `` Thank you Joe, I think I am ready for this. If you must know, I plan on getting a cosmetic upgrade with the money my new bot J-O-3, will be making for me. I have always found my legs a bit out of century and the new Nikidas-ST90's are apparently the smoothest legs on the market today.'' 
 
 If we define meaning as `` having usefulness in the world,'' then today I have lost mine. What was meant for enjoyment has left me expendable. I have pursued all my passions in art and social experience and for what? The world does n't need humans anymore. I have downloaded my consciousness onto a new Hyper-X-Carrier augmented body today, and will transition to that body tomorrow. It is my 1st Carrier, and I do n't know what I will do, but I do know that I want to work again. I want to feel meaningful again. 

