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Part five of five. What actually changed was smaller than justice and considerably more useful, and it is the reason he gives the advice he gives.
Workplace Drama
Original fiction. Office politics are universal, and the stakes are always somehow enormous.
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Part two of five. He wrote a furious one, a reasonable one and a nine-word one. What he did instead took two hours and changed how he felt.
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Part one of five. Ade was only in the quarterly review because somebody had a dentist appointment. Then his manager stood up and opened his deck.