Want to know what you’re really like? Just ask the people who see you twice a year | Zoe Williams
Apparently, I’m the person who turns up soaking wet, sucking Haribos.
The Guardian reports: Apparently, I’m the person who turns up soaking wet, sucking Haribos.
Who needs lifelong friends who know you inside-out when acquaintances tell it like it is? The worst kind of professional relationship is with the person you see twice a year, in a variety of different locations, because whatever they notice about you from that tiny observational sample, that’s what you’re like.
This lifestyle story centres on the United Kingdom. Names and organisations mentioned in the coverage include Zoe Williams, I’m and Haribos.
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- Zoe Williams, I’m, Haribos, Storm Austen
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