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Go Ahead and Call me a Bureaucrat, but Let's Talk About Who Got the Bigger Christmas Bonus blends elements of funk, jazz, electronic, and contemporary music to create an extreme dramatization of a day in a mundane workplace. 

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7:30 a.m. - "don't talk to me until i've finished this coffee"

9:30 a.m. - "daydream"

10:30 a.m. - "incoming call"

11:45 a.m. - "printer jam"

12:30 p.m. - "my wonderful husband Jorge who i am so incredibly thankful for"

1:30 p.m. - "afternoon meeting"

2:15 p.m. - "do you think Todd could eat those sour cream & onion chips a little louder?"

3:30 p.m. - "clocking out"

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This piece acts as a regaling of the humorous stories and complaints shared by my friends about their work lives, as well as an homage to the workplace comedy.

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-Nate Leslie, 2024