fantasy: you’ve dreamed of him for years, and he smells exactly like you’d imagined. in his arms, you feel small, thrillingly helpless. he draws you into a warm, overwhelming embrace, tips your chin back, and gazes into your eyes. “I’ve always wanted this,” he whispers, and then he kisses you – a deep, perfect, tickling kiss.
reality: his beard smelled like Easy Cheese I couldn’t do it

painful to see the Amazon article… working at ~the company~ has absolutely been nothing like that. work/life balance was my priority and the company’s from day one, explicitly stated and followed through on in meaningful ways. apparently the perception of ~the company~ is that it’s bloated, lame, no one gets any work done, no one works on anything cool. shrug!!! this place has been great for a fool like me.

“thank you….for your brain…..” – very flustered coworker