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SUNDAY, 29 MARCH 1981
Your teenager isn't ignoring everyone.
Just you. You're saved in their phone as "Do Not Answer".
— Zack, unqualified
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PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Your complaint has been escalated. It is now ignored by someone more senior.
- They say sweat is weakness leaving the body. Yours has decided to stay.
- Your out-of-office reply is the most confident thing you wrote all year. Nobody noticed…
- You're "chronically online". Chronic means long-term. You've been online so long your eyes have…
- Unlimited holiday is a lovely policy. The company did the maths on your guilt,…
- You are a valued member of the team. So was the last person in…
- The hardest part of working out is getting started. You've made sure it stays…
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