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WEDNESDAY, 9 NOVEMBER 1988
Your complaint has been escalated.
It is now ignored by someone more senior.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Clear-coding means stating your intentions up front. Hers was "I have a hard stop…
- Micro-dating is a thirty-minute coffee to see if there's a spark. There wasn't. She…
- You're not getting older. You're getting closer. That's worse.
- You negotiated your broadband bill down by $3 a month. The call took 94…
- The form needs a form. The second form is not currently available.
- Your alarm didn't wake you. The dread did. It doesn't have a snooze button.
- Be your own boss. Your new boss naps at 2pm, can't pay you, and…
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