ISSUED DAILY SINCE NOBODY ASKED
DAILY DEMOTIVATION
A fresh disappointment every morning. Like the news, but more honest.
Clear-coding means stating your intentions up front.
Hers was "I have a hard stop at 8:15". Yours was hoping she'd forget. She set an alarm.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- There's no I in team. There are two in "invoice still unpaid". And one…
- You "speak your truth". Your truth is mostly about the bin rota.
- You have 2,000 followers and nobody to help you move. Your audience is very…
- Synergy is two departments confused about the same thing at once. They'll merge. You'll…
- Your banking app pauses slightly before opening. It's deciding how to tell you.
- "It's only Monday" is the most threatening sentence in English. It will be only…
- Your Sunday-night plan for Monday was ambitious. Monday read it, laughed, and forwarded it…
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
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