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SATURDAY, 26 NOVEMBER 1960
Nobody notices when you do your job well.
Everyone notices when you leave at 5:01. Your retirement will get a shorter email.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Don't settle. Your standards already have. They didn't tell you.
- You said you're "built different". You're built the same. Just assembled worse.
- You said you're "so busy" this week. Your screen time says eleven hours a…
- Someone laminated an "Acceptable Behaviour" poster for the office kitchen. It will still be…
- Move fast and break things. You broke the coffee machine, the budget and your…
- You spent £400 on an ergonomic chair. You sit on it like a frog.…
- They're taking time away from social media. You know because they posted about it…
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
Newsletter / Issue No. 446
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