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    The Workplace

    Slideshow • workplace • Economy • ISSUE 46•32 • Aug 10, 2010
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    • Job Became Completely Humiliating So Gradually Area Man Barely Noticed

      CHICAGO—"Now that I think about it, a lot of little things have sort of slowly added up, like when they reduced my lunch hour to 30 minutes last October," Stephen Durkee said while walking CFO Janice Dugan's poorly behaved English bulldog.
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    • Sexy Career Woman To Take Hot Bath After Stressful Day

      NEW YORK—Following a particularly stressful day at her high-powered job, sultry career woman Jessica Barrett, 34, announced Tuesday she would take a hot, steamy bath upon returning to her spacious Manhattan penthouse.
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    • Wow Factor Added To Corporate Presentation

      CHARLOTTE, NC—Sources confirmed that the wow factor—an intangible set of viscerally pleasing features that instill onlookers with a feeling of exhilaration and intense interest—was successfully added to this Thursday’s upcoming PowerPoint presentation.
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    • Summer Intern Already Forgotten

      BOSTON—Even the receptionist, with whom Dan Klein once had an extended conversation about the importance of family, had no recollection of him ever having entered the office.
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    • Office-Newsletter Editor Refuses To Back Down

      SALINA, KS—Shipping department manager Nathan Harrity refused to apologize Monday for the controversy surrounding the November issue of Shoppe Talk, the Vitamin Shoppe corporate headquarters' internal newsletter.
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    • Dream About You Not Sexual, Coworker Reports

      BURLINGTON, VT—Andrew Pagano, 39, assured that you had all your clothes on, the dream was very short, and it was actually one of those dreams where no one has faces.
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    • Entire Office Unsure What To Do About Bawling Coworker

      FINDLAY,OH—The entire office staff of Altman & Hanson Accounting remained utterly baffled as to what, if anything, should be done in response to the prominent sobbing coming from the cubicle of 36-year-old clerk Jack Underwood, sources reported today.
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    • Rubber Band Needed

      RALIEGH, NC—"There's got to be a rubber band around here somewhere," said market researcher Ron Meyer, who repeatedly shunned other poster-clasping methods.
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    • Gunman Thought Coworkers Would Be Back From Lunch By Now

      NEW YORK—
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    • Work Friend Accidentally Becomes Real Friend

      ATLANTA—"It's like everything had shifted," Eric Phipps said. "All of a sudden, I was stopping by his cubicle to ask about his woodworking project, and he was at mine giving me the name of a good chiropractor my sister should try for her back spasms. Then somehow I suddenly had his personal e-mail address."
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