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Ivy-Rose Opal's avatar

I've worked with these people and I've had this manager. The frustration still sits like a knot in my chest.

This is well written Scoot. I enjoyed it and suffered it all at the same time.

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Scoot's avatar

I am glad/I am sorry you enjoyed/suffered through this story LOL! I hate that it is relatable but man corporate life stinks!

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Ivy-Rose Opal's avatar

Thanks Scoot. In my experience of working thus far, communication is always the problem. Either a lack of it, or just poor communication with no effort to understand each other.

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Sara Dietz's avatar

I hate this for you omg this gives me so many icky feelings

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Scoot's avatar

This was a dark time in my corporate career but things are better now!

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Chantal LaFortune's avatar

Girl, same. It made me so anxious to read, and Scoot, I'm so sorry you had to experience this ordeal.

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Scoot's avatar

Thanks Chantal--lessons learned and trials endured! But also--never again 😂

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The Chronicler's avatar

Ah, corporate! What a place to be.

When I saw this, I thought it was going in a direction like “The Accountant” with Ben Affleck. This is massively more stressful!

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Scoot's avatar

LOL a corporate stooge can dream! (Not of murder. But like, being an action hero. I haven't seen the movie.)

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Michael S. Atkinson's avatar

Eeezh. That sounds awful. Makes me glad my day job is a nice happy calm one like the legal field. *eye twitches*.

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Scoot's avatar

No challenges whatsoever among lawyers! Right? RIGHT???

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The Crazy Cat Lady Writes's avatar

A long time ago, in a world far, far away this was my job. 🤪

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Kevin Nash's avatar

Oh this is so familiar! The bigger the company, the worse it is!

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Scoot's avatar

AMEN to that!! Everyones king of their own little departmental kingdom

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Tad Forsythe's avatar

As the words diffused through my eyes and to my brain-I envisioned former coworkers and office settings...it was all too real!! Fun read.

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Dan Ackerfeld's avatar

Infuriating. Hilarious. I'm lucky that I don't have to deal with too many of these situations in my line of work!

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