"Hi, Dad. Investment banking wasn't that great after all."
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family, families, child, children, parent, parents, parenting, father, fatherhood, son, sons, return home, returning home, empty nester, empty nesters, living with parents, career, failed career, difficult career, job, work, unemployment, investment banking, business, bank, banks, money, welcome home, suitcase, suitcases, luggage, baggage, doorstep, family home"I design retinal-controlled destination-mapping interfaces for self-driving transportation, but not in the traditional sense."
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nerd, nerds, engineer, engineers, retinal, retina, vision, sight, eyes, self-driving, car, cars, transport, transportation, technology, tech, destination mapping, computer geek, computer geeks, modern life, millennial, millennials, traditional, career, careers, job, jobs, work, employment, bragging, brag, complex, complicated, pretentious"I'm sorry, sir, but I don't believe you know us well enough to call us the Fed."
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federal, fed, federacy, federation, federals, feds, federal reserve, federal reserves, federal reserve board, board, bards, bureau, bureaus, bureacracy, bureaucrat, bureaucratic, familiar, familiarity, reception, receptionist, receptionists, modern, modern world, modern life, word play, play on words, nicknames, nick name, nickname, nick names, dating, date, dates, communication, communicate, communicating, work, working, worker, employ, employed, employment, job, jobs"I've told you why I need a dog. Now suppose you tell me what makes you think you might be that dog."
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animal, animals, pet, pets, pet owner, pet owners, dog, dogs, dog owner, dog owners, interview, interviews, job interview, job interviews, recruiter, recruiters, recruitment, hr, h.r., human resources, business, businessman, businessmen, executive, executives, manager, managers, career, careers, job, work, employee, employees, prospective, potential, rich, wealthy, money, hiring"Please, honey, I'm with a patient, and I've asked you not to call me on this line."
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stethoscope, stethoscopes, doctor, doctors, patient, patients, work, working, family, families, partner, partners, phone call, phone calls, call, calls, this line, line, lines, impossible, absurd, works, medical, medicine, medicines, phonecall, phonecalls, calling at work, emergency, treating, diagnose, diagnosing, equipment"So, for Ralph, Betsy, and the rest of us here at Action News, good night!"
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newscaster, newscasters, host, hosts, anchor, anchors, anchorman, anchormen, anchorwoman, anchorwomen, news, news station, tv, television, tvs, televisions, reporter, reporters, journalism, journalist, journalists, dance, dancing, dancer, dancers, work, coworker, coworkers, colleague, colleagues"No, not there, please. That's where I'm going to put my head."
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head desk, head desks, head, heads, slam, slams, slamming, overworked, too much work, work, work life, work lives, secretary, secretaries, businessman, businessmen, underpaid, frustration, frustrations, frustrated, exasperated, furious, infuriated, papers, shuffling papers, white collar job, white collar jobs"You've been warned, Hoskins."
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snake, snakes, corporate snake, corporate snakes, rattle snake, rattle snakes, work, working, worker, workers, job, jobs, office, offices, workplace, workplaces, business, businesses, businessman, businessmen, manager, management, managers, managing, office life, office culture, office worker, office workers, threat, threaten, threatening, threats, middle management, middle manager, intimidation, intimidate, intimidations, intimidated"I'm afraid your M.B.A. loses some of its lustre in light of the fact that you were home-schooled."
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m.b.a., mba, degree, degrees, master of business of administration, home school, homeschool, homeschooling, home schooling, homeschooled, home schooled, homeschooling problems, home schooling problems, education, education level, education levels, student, students, job interview, interviewer, interviewers, recruit, recruiter, recruiters, human resources, hr, h.r., employer, employers, employee, employees, manager, managers, job hunting, job search, job, jobs, work, career, careers, unemployed, unemployment, unemployable, resume, cv, c.v., proud parent, proud parents, exaggeration, exaggerated, embellishment, embellish, hyperbole, false, fake, business, business degree, university, university degree, university degrees, college, college degree, college degrees, hire, hiring, achievement, achievements"She's not all over you, but she gets the job done."
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cat, cats, sheep, shepherd, sheep herd, herd, herding, herder, herds, farm, farms, farming, livestock, livestocks, ewe, ewes, ram, rams, round up, rounding up, absurd, role change, talking animals, odd choice, odd choices, unique, unique talents, job, job, work, working, employment, stereotypes, old fashioned, crook, bopeep, bo peep, sheep dog, herding cats, herding cat, working animal, working animals"I had a productive week."
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how was your, week, productive, productivity, productively, produce, produced, creative, creatively, create, creation, creationism, creationist, religion, religions, religious, god, gods, godly, in the beginning, beginning, christian, christians, christianity, work, working week, work week, long week, husband, husbands, universe, universes, world, worlds, productivity culture"I need it yesterday."
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caveman, cavemen, cave dweller, cave dwellers, primitive, paleolithic, evolution, evolved, secretary, secretaries, reception, receptionist, receptionists, office, offices, urgent, deadlines, deadline, neanderthal, neanderthals, business, businesses, work, employee, employees, boss, manager, managers"Sometimes it's important to stop whatever break you're taking and just do the work."
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procrastinate, procrastinating, procrastination, break, breaks, writing break, writing breaks, writer, writers, author, authors, journalist, journalists, journalism, take breaks, taking breaks, office drone, office drones, office worker, office workers, worker, workers, manager, managers, management, tip, tips, worklife, corporate culture, corporate mentality, corporate ladder, corporate ladders, break room, break rooms, slacker, slackers, slack off, slacking off, put off, putting off, work, works"Pawn to King Four."
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chess, chess game, chess games, chess player, chess players, pawn, pawns, work, going to work, rat race, treadmill, monotony, monotonous, low ranking, lowly rank, subordinate, subordination, game of life, the game of life, controlled, controlling, husband and wife, co habit, co habitation, cohabit, cohabitation, co-habit, co-habitation, couple, couples, business man, business men, business people, business person, businessman, businessmen, businesspeople, businessperson, marriages"Yeah, I was into the pet thing for a while, but that scene wasn't for me."
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animal, animals, talking animal, talking animals, talking pet, talking pets, pet, pets, pet owner, pet owners, talking cat, talking cats, cat, feline, felines, cats, cat owner, cat owners, job, jobs, work, career, careers, occupation, occupations, profession, professions, car, cars, vehicle, vehicles, automobile, automobiles, driving, driver, drivers, transportation, taxi, taxis, cab, cabs, taxicab, taxicabs, passenger, passengers, life story, career changes, changing careers, anthropomorphic, anthropomorphism, personification"We were hoping that you could work from work today."
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work, working, worker, workers, job, jobs, career, careers, office, office, office life, workplace, workplaces, business, businesswoman, sick, ill, absent, employee, employer, employees, employer, work remotely, working remotely, telecommute, telecommuting, remote work, work from home, work from work, home office, in-office, in office, call-in, calling-in, call in, calling in, manager, managers, management, modern life, coronavirus, pandemic, epidemic, recovery, recoveries, recovering"I know you're a working dog, Angus. I just don't have anything for you right now."
"Sorry, kiddo. Your old man has to work so you can go to the best drug trials in the country."
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lab rat, lab rats, laboratory, laboratories, lab, labs, rat, rats, mouse, mouses, mice, scientist, scientists, maze, mazes, drug trial, drug trials, animal experiment, animal experiments, animal experimentation, ambitious, pushy, college fund, college funds, parent, parents, support, supportive, parental support, sacrifice, sacrifices, work life, home life, animal testing, work, profession, professions, parenting, parenthood"Look, if you must go down to the seas again, to the lonely seas and sky, then go!But take your BlackBerry."
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communication, technology, sailor, ship, sailing, boating, boss, work, cell phone, cellphones, mobile, mobiles, mobile phone, mobile phones, phone, phones, smartphone, smartphones, masefield, john masefield, nature, commune with nature, communing with nature, romantic, poet, poets, poetry, english teacher, english teachers, mankoff"Don't you have another retirement plan?"
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retire, retirement, retirement plan, retirements, retirement plans, senior citizen, senior citizens, work, office, offices, retiring, pension, pensions, sleeping on the job, early retirement, late retirement, on the job, married to the job, work from home, work, works, job, jobs, alternative plan, alternative plans, workaholic, workaholics, work addict, work addicts"If nothing else needs welding, Paula, I'm going to lunch."
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office, offices, business, businesses, businessman, businessmen, executive, executives, reception, receptionist, receptionists, secretary, secretaries, work, worker, workers, working, welder, welding, weld, welded, intercom, intercoms, trades, trade, blue collar, labor, laborer, laborers, labour, labourer, labourers, lunch, lunch break"This requires both ears."
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office, office life, work, working, job, business, businessman, businessmen, manager, managers, employee, employees, cubicle, cubicles, technology, modern life, millennial, millennials, headphone, headphones, head phone, head phones, earphone, earphones, ear phone, ear phones, earpiece, earpieces, ear piece, ear pieces, important, hear, hearing, listen, listening, ear, ears, both ears, music, listening to music, full attention, plugged in, tune out, device, devices, electronic, electronics, earbud, earbuds, ear bud, ear buds"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
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ozymandias, percy bysshe shelley, poet, poets, famous poet, famous poets, english poet, english poets, literature, poetry, poem, poems, sonnet, sonnets, ramesses ii, rameses ii, ramses ii, the great, pharaoh, pharaohs, king, kings, egypt, egyptian, ancient, history, historical, building, buildings, construction, roadwork, roadworks, manhole, manholes, mighty, despair, work, works, work in progress, barrier, barriers, mental health, english major, english majors, crazy, hallucinating, hallucination, hallucinations"This is Daddy, honey. That was Daddy's office voice."
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office, voice, voices, voice change, codeswitch, codeswitches, codeswitching, code switch, code switches, code switching, linguistic, linguistics, linguistic change, linguistic changes, identity, daughter, daughters, work, work voice, dad, dads, father, fathers, daddy, daddies, parent, parents, recognize, recognizes, recognition, recognise, recognises, voice alteration, disguise, disguises, disguising"Oh, can't complain, but I do."
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office, offices, office life, work, work life, worker, workers, business, businessmen, businessman, employee, employees, executive, executives, manager, managers, corporate, professional, attitude, attitudes, complaint, complaints, complain, complainer, complainers, whine, whiner, whiners, whining, can't complain, morale, job, jobs, career, careers, optimist, optimism, pessimist, pessimism