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The terrifying, high-stakes game of ignoring the '0 Miles to Empty' warning purely out of a refusal to pay motorway service station prices.
Read full entry →The freezing, furious impotence of sitting in an icy car at 7 AM waiting for the heater to clear a letterbox-sized hole to see through.
Read full entry →The bizarre neurological condition afflicting expensive car drivers, rendering them completely incapable of signaling their intent to turn.
Read full entry →The hyper-aggressive driving style favored by angry men in German saloons who wish to occupy the boot of your Nissan Micra.
Read full entry →The dangerous, financially ruinous act of pretending a bright orange warning light on your dashboard will just magically fix itself.
Read full entry →The meticulous, paranoid documentation of every corporate conversation to ensure you cannot be scapegoated for an upcoming disaster.
Read full entry →The deeply offensive act of interrupting a colleague's flow by physically appearing in their peripheral vision uninvited.
Read full entry →The endless, dangling-carrot tactic used to squeeze another year of unpaid extra duties out of an ambitious employee.
Read full entry →The paranoid managerial habit of constantly monitoring communication software to ensure remote workers haven't stepped away to pee.
Read full entry →The slick, sociopathic managerial act of stealing a subordinate's hard work and presenting it to the directors to get a bonus.
Read full entry →The pathetic corporate strategy of buying cheap Domino's instead of giving employees a pay rise or addressing burnout.
Read full entry →A modern psychological affliction resulting from forced eye contact with a grid of badly lit coworkers.
Read full entry →The minimum viable effort of gratitude shown to a driver, performed while staring steadfastly ahead.
Read full entry →The masochistic British habit of rejecting food you crave, solely to appear generous and well-mannered.
Read full entry →The tactical mapping of an office floor plan to evade a notoriously talkative or demanding coworker.
Read full entry →A high-stakes, liquid-balancing dance performed to navigate from the bar back to your table without spilling.
Read full entry →The subconscious, competitive shuffling of commuters trying to secure the exact spot where the doors will open.
Read full entry →The polite but exhausting performance of amusement deployed when your boss is terrible at recounting anecdotes.
Read full entry →The sudden, intense fascination with a blank lock screen to prevent an awkward sidewalk conversation.
Read full entry →A loud, theatrical display of impatience meant to guilt an underpaid teenager into verifying your age faster.
Read full entry →The desperate, jerky choreography required to trick an infrared sensor into dispensing three drops of water.
Read full entry →The snide, cowardly escalation of a minor workplace disagreement to upper management via the copy field.
Read full entry →A bitter domestic war of attrition resulting in one person sweating and the other wearing a heavy coat indoors.
Read full entry →The pathetic, culturally ingrained need to ask for forgiveness when asserting your basic consumer rights.
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