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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
SATURDAY, 19 JUNE 2004
The return to office is completely optional.
So was the badge-swipe leaderboard, and yet there you are, ranked 41st. They're "reviewing" 41st.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
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- The consultation runs for twelve weeks. The decision was made in week zero.
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- You don't have a spending problem. You have an income problem, and it's terminal.
- Somebody, somewhere, is checking their phone hoping it's you. It's a debt collector.
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