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}}}}There’s something poetic — melancholic — about the blind-copied [[farewell]] email from a colleague whose name you didn’t recognise until a [[leaving card]] bearing it transported itself forlornly around the department’s in-trays a fortnight ago. | |||
:''I think most of you know by now that today is my final day<ref>''Most'' —</ref>. I’m not a big fan of farewells so I won’t dwell too much on the past months — but I wanted to say thank you for each one of you for your support you have given me during my time here. It has been a privilege to work with some of the most incredible, passionate people in the industry! Wishing you all the best, the very best, both professionally and personally, and hoping we [[reconnect]] when our paths cross [[going forward]]! — Sandy'' | |||
What to make of this: faintly [[passive aggressive]] thanks for nothing? A lack of irony? Or just no sense of perspective? Anyway, you can make it into poetry, as per the panel. | |||
Even more fun can be had should the valedictor be incautious enough not to use the ''blind copy'' field. The truly embittered might not: after all, what harm can that final ''faux pas'' — by which she reveals the breadth of the staff whose inboxes she is polluting — now do? Her career has hit the skids: could it ''be'' worse? | |||
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