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SATURDAY, 9 JULY 1960
"Let's take this offline" means "let's never speak of this again."
That's also the plan for your job next quarter.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- The light at the end of the tunnel is someone asking, "Can you see…
- Work smarter, not harder. You've chosen neither, and HR has a folder.
- Someone laminated an "Acceptable Behaviour" poster for the office kitchen. It will still be…
- You're "in your villain era". You returned a lukewarm coffee and apologised four times.…
- You said you're "built different". You're built the same. Just assembled worse.
- You bought the yoga mat. The cat uses it. The cat is more flexible,…
- You said "we move". You've lived in the same bedroom since you were nine.
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Newsletter / Issue No. 446
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