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===My Farewell=== | |||
''a valediction in 4 parts'' | |||
:'''1'''. | |||
:i think most of you know | |||
:by now | |||
:that | |||
:''today'' | |||
:is my | |||
:''final day''. | |||
:'''2'''. | |||
: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 all support | |||
:during | |||
:my time. | |||
:'''3'''. | |||
:It has been a privilege to work with | |||
:some | |||
:of ''the'' most | |||
:incredible, | |||
:passionate | |||
:people | |||
:in the | |||
:industry. | |||
:'''4'''. | |||
:wishing you | |||
:all the best | |||
:the ''very'' best, both | |||
:professionally and personally, and | |||
:hoping we | |||
:[[reconnect]] when our paths cross | |||
:[[going forward]] | |||
:~''exit''~ | |||
}}}}There’s something poetic — melancholic — about the [[farewell]] email from a colleague whose name you didn’t recognise until the [[leaving card]] bearing it transported itself forlornly around the department’s in-trays a fortnight ago. | |||
:''I think most<ref>“''Most''” —</ref> of you know by now that today is my final day. 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 [[peotry]], as per the panel. | |||
Even more fun can be had should the leaver be incautious enough not to use the ''[[blind copy]]'' field to address her soon-to-be ex-colleagues. 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? Well, only if some well-intended bureaucrat deigns to [[reply-all]]. “Dear Fortesquieu: Thank-you for your hard work and dedication over the last six months, and best of luck with your search for new job. You will be missed!” | |||
This may kick off a viral bout of virtue-signalling from others, joining in to wish similarly vague, equally ironic, valedictions. | |||
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*[[Leaving card]] | |||
*[[peotry]] | |||
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