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The strategic, defensive occupation of your own Outlook diary with a bogus 'Focus Time' block to prevent useless syncs.
Read full entry →The desperate, primate-like stretching of an arm towards the ceiling in a futile attempt to summon a data signal.
Read full entry →The chaotic, overlapping chorus of colleagues aggressively informing a boomer that their microphone is turned off.
Read full entry →The frantic, preemptive destruction of browser evidence (ASOS, Reddit, flights to Spain) right before a Zoom presentation.
Read full entry →The painful, chest-bursting restraint of panting designed to trick a passing dog walker into thinking you are in peak athletic shape.
Read full entry →The deeply satisfying, instinctual delivery of a flat-palmed strike to a 50L sack of potting mix.
Read full entry →A heavy, theatrical exhalation of air and vocal strain required to lower an aging human body onto a sofa.
Read full entry →The agonizing public embarrassment of wrestling a metal spider that has violently snapped inside-out during a storm.
Read full entry →The theatrical performance of receiving a fake text message to justify turning 180 degrees in the street so strangers don't think you're lost.
Read full entry →The grim anticipation of a freezing house and a decimated bank account upon discovering a fault in the central heating mid-January.
Read full entry →The cynical but highly likely belief that the tradesman is creating thousands of pounds of imaginary problems for a car that was working fine yesterday.
Read full entry →The desperate physical attempt to reclaim 10% of the blanket from a selfish, cocooned spouse who has rolled themselves into a burrito.
Read full entry →The panic-inducing failure to put the refuse out, resulting in a sprint down the driveway in your boxers.
Read full entry →A furious optical standoff with an unresponsive application, right before it force-quits without saving your last hour of work.
Read full entry →The selfish managerial habit of booking completely arbitrary time slots to simulate a high-stress, vital work environment.
Read full entry →The corporate disease where a topic that could be resolved in a two-minute chat is stretched to justify middle management's existence.
Read full entry →The psychological torment of anticipating standing in a stranger's armpit on the Central line for the next five days.
Read full entry →The highly tactical, evasive movement across a workspace to prevent being assigned extra work by a roaming superior.
Read full entry →The stubborn choice to wrap yourself in a duvet on the sofa and complain about the temperature rather than admit defeat to the energy company.
Read full entry →The desperate, half-asleep mental arithmetic where you decide that brushing your hair is less important than eight more minutes of sleep.
Read full entry →The humiliating physical contest between a hungry human and a tightly wound piece of metal, usually ending with a bruised palm and a tea towel.
Read full entry →The disgusting act of abandoning a cleaning implement at the bottom of a swampy sink until it smells like a dead animal.
Read full entry →The nihilistic consumption of goods to secure a brief hit of dopamine, driven by the realization that you will never retire anyway.
Read full entry →The financially painful act of handing over extra money for a black coffee simply because the payment screen prompted you to.
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