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date: 2025-03-18
link: https://rachsmith.com/in-the-way/
title: In the Way - Workplace Dynamics and Communication
cited: Rach Smith

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> I was texting with my best friend. Her mum has cancer, and my friend is going through the brutality of watching it take her piece by piece, just as I did with my own mum 13 years ago.
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> I was thinking about how to respond to the latest message, too personal to relay here, when a suggested reply, animated in glowing colours to let me know it was “intelligent” popped up: Hang in there!
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> My thought process was immediately broken as I contemplated what an absolutely obscene thing it would be to send in that moment.
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> What was already a tough moment, was somehow made worse.