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-There’s something poetic — melancholic — about the blind-copied farewell email from a colleague whose name you don’t recognise.
+{{a|email|
-:''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''
+{{subtable|
+===My Farewell===
-A faintly passive aggressive thanks for nothing? Was I meant to know you were here, or care that you are leaving? Is it buried sarcasm that powers your declaration that you’re so ''blessed'' to have worked with such a “wonderful and talented group of professionals”, a lack of irony, or no sense of perspective?
-Anyway, you can make it into poetry like so:
-===my farewell===
 ''a valediction in 4 parts''
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 :''today''
 :is my
-:''final day''
+:''final day''.
-:''here''.
 :'''2'''.
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 :for each one of you
 :for your all support
-:during my time
+:during
-:''here''.
+:my time.
 :'''3'''.
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 :passionate
 :people
-:in the industry
+:in the
-:''here''.
+:industry.
 :'''4'''.
-:wishing you all the best
+:wishing you
-:the very best, both
+:all the best
+:the ''very'' best, both
 :professionally and personally, and
-:hoping we [[reconnect]] when our paths cross [[going forward]]
+: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.
+{{sa}}
+*[[Leaving card]]
+*[[peotry]]
 {{c|egg}}
 {{ref}}
+{{c|Peotry}}