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Coming out for one

Posted: 21 July 2000 at 17:42
Tags: smoking

Every Friday, at ten in the morning, they let the fire alarms off. I’m not sure why, I think it’s a tradition or something. Only this morning, they didn’t turn it off. Not until the 600-strong call centre were all enjoying the biggest cigarette break the company has ever staged.

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