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My armpits were soaked through the chef's jacket before lunch rush even started that Tuesday. I'd just discovered mold blooming like grey lace in the walk-in's corner – the same morning our regional health inspector decided to grace us with a surprise visit. "Random inspection," she announced with a clipboard that might as well have been a guillotine blade. Sweat trickled down my spine as I fumbled through dog-eared binders, fingers slipping on damp paper logs where someone had spilled vinaigret

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It was the kind of rainy Tuesday that makes you question every life choice, and there I was, a freelance photographer drowning in a sea of unpaid invoices and disorganized expense reports. My desk was a battlefield of crumpled receipts, half-empty coffee cups, and the glowing screen of my laptop showing five different apps—one for invoicing, another for payroll, a separate one for bank transfers, and two more for accounting and tax estimates. I had just missed a client payment deadline because t

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That Tuesday morning, the classroom air thickened with apathy. I'd prepped a killer Socratic seminar on Orwell's 1984—highlighted passages, provocative questions—yet met only shuffling feet and vacant stares. My voice bounced off silent walls like a dropped stone. Panic fizzed in my throat. Were they bored? Intimidated? Was I just... bad at this? Later, slumped at my desk, I scrolled through teaching forums like a digital confessional. One phrase jumped out: "Record - IRIS Connect." A colleague’

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