{"id":29560,"date":"2023-05-15T11:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-15T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idronline.org\/?post_type=article&p=29560"},"modified":"2025-08-18T14:02:43","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T08:32:43","slug":"mercury-retrograde-a-week-at-work-nonprofit-humour","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/idronline.org\/kn-in\/article\/humour\/mercury-retrograde-a-week-at-work-nonprofit-humour\/","title":{"rendered":"Mercury retrograde: A week at work"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mercury, the planet of communication, is not always kind to us; especially, when it moves against the tide or retrogrades. We just barely made it out of this retrograde alive<\/a>, but the next one is right around the corner. Based on what the Internet tells us, here’s how you can expect it to ruin your workplace communications. Any resemblance to actual events is purely coincidental.<\/p>

1<\/h3>

Your virtual meetings this week are unusually chaotic, even by your standards. Only five minutes of your 15-minute update was audible because you kept muting yourself, and, oh, you skipped the presentation because you couldn’t figure out how to share your screen.<\/p>

2<\/h3>

You were asked to come up with fun ice-breaking activities for your team retreat. You delegated the work to that intern who is always on a coffee break. Now there’s an e-mail circulating with the subject line ‘Subject: Attention: Urgent – Workplace Iceberg Event’, and you are having a meltdown.<\/p>

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3<\/h3>

You asked a question in a meeting to clarify a small doubt. But now the manager wants to schedule two additional meetings to explain the matter in detail and ensure everyone is on the same page, and your colleagues aren’t happy.<\/p>

Stress Therapy – Brooklyn Nine-nine GIF<\/a>from Brooklyn Nine Nine GIFs<\/a><\/div>