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ARCHIVED DEMOTIVATION
FRIDAY, 18 FEBRUARY 2005
You said you're "booked and busy".
Booked for a dentist you'll cancel. Busy rewatching a show you've already seen four times.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- The return to office is completely optional. So was the badge-swipe leaderboard, and yet…
- You have a "comfort show". You've watched it 11 times. You've seen your friends…
- Work smarter, not harder. You've chosen neither, and HR has a folder.
- Love is patient. Your partner is not, and has started a note on their…
- You quit your job to "find yourself". Found you. You're on your parents' sofa,…
- Your alarm didn't wake you. The dread did. It doesn't have a snooze button.
- Nobody has ever said "thank goodness it's Monday". Except a manager, and he meant…
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