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DAILY DEMOTIVATION
A fresh disappointment every morning. Like the news, but more honest.
Someone laminated an "Acceptable Behaviour" poster for the office kitchen.
It will still be on that wall long after your name is off the door.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Somebody, somewhere, is checking their phone hoping it's you. It's a debt collector.
- The return to office is completely optional. So was the badge-swipe leaderboard, and yet…
- Nobody notices when you do your job well. Everyone notices when you leave at…
- You "work best under pressure". You don't. You just only work under pressure.
- "It's only Monday" is the most threatening sentence in English. It will be only…
- You said you'd "touch grass" this weekend. You took a photo of grass, posted…
- You deleted the app "for good". That was 40 minutes ago. You've reinstalled it…
THE CALENDAR OF DESPAIR
Newsletter / Issue No. 444
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