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WEDNESDAY, 18 FEBRUARY 1959
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
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PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
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- Your back now goes out when you sneeze. It goes out more than you…
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- Treat yourself, they said. You did. Four times before lunch. Your pension felt every…
- Scale your business. Currently it's you, a laptop, and your mum, who bought one…
- You're "on a gap year". It's your third.
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