In the office today, NY biglaw factory. Somewhere, echoing down the halls of my floor, is someone hacking away with a terrible cough for the last hour. Sigh….almost two years of a pandemic and we apparently still haven’t learned the simplest lesson to stay home when sick….this is why biglaw can’t have nice things!

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This isn't fair--they might have asthma, or a medication that causes coughing as a side effect. If they're wearing a mask, chillax.

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