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FRIDAY, 6 JANUARY 1956
The in-office lunch is optional.
The man with the clipboard and no sandwich is writing down who didn't come. Then who did, but looked replaceable.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Your company will send flowers to your funeral. They'll be charged to your department's…
- You're "on a gap year". It's your third.
- Your inbox reached zero once. The server was down. You were briefly free and…
- A budget is a list of things you're about to do anyway. Written down…
- Everyone's bringing back the dog filter. Your face has been doing the droopy-ears look…
- Wisdom comes with age. So does standing on the landing with no idea why…
- You started a podcast with your mate “for a laugh”. Episode 31 has nine…
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