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The Secret Office Game That Exploded My Work Chats
I confess to starting a ridiculous, totally unserious office game where a few coworkers and I ranked petty categories—’most likely to steal your lunch,’ ‘best fake laugh,’ ‘serial GIF abuser’—all in a private chat. It was supposed to be a vent-and-laugh thing. Then someone forwarded screenshots to the company group thread. Suddenly I’m dodging HR-style questions, navigating passive-aggressive Slack messages, and trying to explain myself to people I eat lunch with every day. This episode is equal parts cringe comedy and honest hot take: why we play these games, what it says about modern work…
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