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SUNDAY, 27 OCTOBER 2019
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
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PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- They'll hold a minute's silence for you at the all-hands. It will be the…
- Your boss hasn't taken a sick day in ten years. He has, however, given…
- You went "no contact" with your ex. You still check their Spotify. They're listening…
- Your therapist said set boundaries. You set one. Then texted them at 2 a.m.…
- Your alarm didn't wake you. The dread did. It doesn't have a snooze button.
- You moneymaxxed so hard this month you earned $4.80 in cashback. It cost three…
- You call it "quiet quitting". Your manager calls it "the same as before". Nobody…
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