Year: 2025
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Eye Don’t Get It
Honestly, I’m not even sure if reading in the dark is actually bad for you, but people sure brought it up a bunch growing up. I don’t recall reading in the dark often, but I also didn’t like carrots as a kid, so I’m sure that didn’t help with my terrible eyesight.
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Mentally Challenged
I clearly demonstrated my excellent language skills on that day…
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One For All
Imagine how disappointing it is to find your team is responsible for an issue that’s not just affecting another internal team but also real customers.
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Parental Leave
Yeah, that’s right: I’m taking a day off for each time I went through labor. Every year. Forever.
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Un-emergency
I understand that there are legal cover-your-ass reasons that they have to consider the worst case scenario when you call for medical advice, but it’s not always the worst case, you know?
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The Important Stuff
Luckily, not much changes day-to-day for many of us with a given re-org. And I’m sure we wouldn’t impulsively burn our bridges – because experience tells us we may well be re-org’d back someday.
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Dropping The Bomb
I remember when swearing in a large-scale meeting was really jarring, but now it’s like a sign of authenticity.
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Party Crashers
Maybe it seems weird to imagine attending a stranger’s birthday party and nobody realizing it, but especially for those younger kid parties: you might not have ever met any of the parents or the other kids. Fun fact: little kids can be hilariously bad at identifying people! Trust but verify.
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How Old Were They?
Maybe I should have admonished my kid telling me to shut up, which wouldn’t usually be tolerated, but I (a) did feel bad about interrupting her and (b) was busy trying not to laugh in her face about the whole thing.
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Unexpected Returns
Luckily this was from 10 years ago, and I feel like we have, collectively, gotten better about working while on vacation.