Soul-Crushing Story Captures Working In An Office

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mattstaff
Nov 29, 2019 3:00 PM EST

This green text story really brings on the melancholy. Anonymous gets into the nitty and gritty details of what life is like while going about the grind of working in an office. Whether it's dealing with passive aggressive "warm regards" emails from co-workers, or just trying to login to your computer. The office life ain't easy. 

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    Text - >It's Monday. You don't want to come into work but you must, so at least you just want to complete your work as quickly as possible and get out. >That isn't going to happen. You are not in the office to work. You 15 KB JPG are there to participate in social rituals and humiliate yourself >You arrive at the office early so that you can get a head start. You switch on your PC and immediately a screen pops-up saying you must restart in order to install essential updates. It gives you no choi
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    Text - Anonymous (ID: 26N5SKT3) 11/14/19(Thu)03:29:22 No.16250440 >16250416 # >You walk physically to the IT department. Deepak & Prakash ignore you while they have a fervent conversation in Hindi. Eventually you raise your voice and ask for help. Deepak says you must raise a ticket. Saira from Sales arrives and asks for help. She is assisted immediately >You stand your ground as you have no other choice. >Deepak asks if you have tried turning your computer on and off. >You roll your eyes, swear
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    Text - Anonymous (ID: 26N5SKT3) 11/14/19(Thu)03:34:12 No.16250485 >>16250440 # >You open Outlook and wait for the folder to update. Suddenly you hear a "Hi!". It's Zoe from HR. She wants to thank you for the birthday cake and then proceeds to monologue about how her husband (who works in banking) plans to treat her for her birthday weekend. >Politely-meekly -you gently tell Zoe that you have enjoyed the conversation but have work to do. She looks at you and says "Well you have a nice day." >Fina
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    Text - Anonymous (ID: 26N5SKT3) 11/14/19(Thu)03:36:32 No.16250504 >16250485 # >For a moment you sit silently pondering the meaning of the words "kind regards". >You receive another email that says it is a "gentle reminder" about the compulsory Family Day this weekend. >You try to think when was the last time somebody wrote sincerely to you. >It's lunchtime. You buy a sandwich as all you want to do is eat at your desk and zone out watching an anime episode for 30 minutes. >Just as you're about to
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    Text - Anonymous (ID: 26N5SKT3) 11/14/19(Thu)03:39:03 No.16250513 >>16250504 # >lan starts to mumble to himself between his sobbing. >"You're a corporate tiger, lan! You've got this! Q4 is gonna be your quarter!" >You wonder how much lan is really "knocking it out of the park" and leave. A woman glares at you as you leave the all-gender toilet. >You get back to your desk and you can't enter your PC again because you're 30-day password has expired and you must create a new one. >You try the name
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    Text - >16250513 >An email arrives from Jane in Finance. They won't process your invoice because there is a new procedure and you failed to follow it correctly. >You ask where this new process was announced. She tells you it's on the intranet's Finance page. >You never knew you had an intranet. >You go onto the intranet page and it tells you that all invoices must now be submitted through a new Oracle system. >Sighing, you click the link to download the Oracle system. >A pop-up springs open and
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    Text - Anonymous (ID: 26N5SKT3) 11/14/19(Thu)03:44:15 No.16250539 16250526 # >Most of the office has gone home. >A few people that you hate stop by your desk to tell you not to work too late. >"can't work late like you," chuckles Jane from Finance. "I have a family to look after." >You don't even have a girlfriend >Jane thinks you should "get one" The office lights dim around you and the A/C shuts down. They are all automated to power down after 7pm to help the company achieve its Sustainability
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