Dear Consulting Lords, Please rid this week of any deadlines or fire drills, any client panic attacks, and any manager insecurities. In the name of the PowerPoint, the Excel, the data; ctrl+S.

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No one even said Amen! Amen!!!!!!!

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May the bandwidth be with you.

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πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚so funny

THIS IS SOOO GOOD

Nice.

Amen!

Update: The lords answered my call.

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