With the corporate world calling us all back to work in office and being forced to say bye-bye to our lovely work from home setups, this week has undoubtedly been difficult. But if there's one source of entertainment that never fails to make us laugh, it's memes.
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So, to sum up this very tiring, corporate-acronym-filled week, here are some memes by women that will you get you through Friday:
1. MONDAY MEANS NO CONTROL OF THE DAY
Fresh back to the office means feeling like the day is completely out of your control. Basically, this meme is what perfectly explains the first day of the week:
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2. WHAT IT TRULY FEELS LIKE TO ATTEND MEETINGS IN 2022
The third year of the pandemic has truly taken a toll on our ability to participate in meetings. This reel perfectly potrays how our responses have changed every year of the pandemic (spoiler: no one cares about meetings in 2022):
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3. THE DREADED RETURN TO OFFICE
Well now that you have returned to the office, seen your desk, spent a few hours swinging around in your chair and catching up with your work besties, we know that now this is exactly what you want to do:
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4. DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT PASSIVE INCOME IS?
The concept of hustling and passive income has been making the rounds, both on social media and in our work conversations. But do we really even know what passive income is? So, the next time someone asks you, 'what do you do to earn your passive income?', send them this:
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and this brings us to our next point:
5. NO ONE WANTS TO HUSTLE
Literally, no. No one wants to hustle, especially considering how everyone has been affected since the beginning of the pandemic. Whenever you feel like your work friends have been 'hustling' too much, send this reel to them without any hesitation:
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6. WORK FROM HOME = SELF-CARE
The best part of working from home? Being able to work and do your self-care. It didn't matter if you were wearing the biggest robe in the world or had a sheet mask on, as long as you got everything done. And if you want to passively remind your boss of this, send them this reel:
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7. THE TRUE LIFE OF A WORK-FROM-HOME EMPLOYEE
Wanting to explain to your work friends what it really felt like working from home? Or want them to respond with 'so relatable'? Well, then watch and share this musical reel:
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8. STALKED ON LINKEDIN
It is virtually impossible to get by a week without getting the exciting but supremely dissapointing notification from LinkedIn, 'you were searched 10 times this week'. As soon as we receive this dreadful notification, we want to hold our phones and scream this:
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9. PLEASE RETURN TO OFFICE
Maybe you received an email, the bomb was dropped on you in a meeting, or your work wife hurriedly texted you after they got to know from someone? However be the means, no one wanted to receive the dreadful, 'please return to office' notification. But in our fantasyland, this was the exact conversation we wanted to have with our boss/HR:
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and lastly to end this series,
10. ACTUAL FRIDAY PLANS
All week through, you would have made a plethora of plans for the weekend but let's be honest, this is the only plan that's going to be successful this or any weekend:
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Now that you are done, it's time to prepare for another week at the office. (Psst: Kidding. There's still the weekend in between!)