Expectations lining up outside the door with no one there to greet them. Curses muttered; pain between my shoulder blades, sore and tired from hunching over the keyboard.
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Ashley Lima
I think about writing more than I write, but call myself a writer as opposed to a thinker.
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Become a paid subscriber to get access.Absolutely right! Excellently described and emotional, as always!
My favorite line is of speaking up which will get you sacked. It is not only in corporate, it is everywhere, even here. Maybe not sacked, but shunned etc. Can we all be bosses, yet even bosses get into trouble as well. We have choices to make...
This hurt me and raised my anxiety before bed. Bravo.
This is a true story
This hits close to home.
Been there and done that so many times. Glad I'm retired, sort of.