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- The office's shared printer finally got replaced after years of jamming constantly. And the collective relief among the team was, genuinely, more noticeable than any actual project milestone that quarter.
- The office's annual charity 5k had a surprisingly competitive turnout this year, with three departments unofficially racing each other for bragging rights that nobody actually remembered agreeing to defend in the first place.
- The office's team lunch tradition of ordering from the same restaurant every Friday finally ended when the place closed unexpectedly. Everyone was genuinely mourning the loss of their usual order.
- The office's annual survey results came back overwhelmingly positive this year. It was a genuine surprise given the general grumbling that had been audible in the break room all quarter long, right up until the results dropped.
- The office's annual budget season brought back the same spreadsheet argument as every year before. The same two departments disagreed on the same line item, right on schedule, down to the same meeting time slot.
- The office's annual talent show featured a surprise magic act from someone in accounting nobody expected to have any hidden hobbies at all, let alone genuinely impressive card tricks performed with real confidence.