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Flash Mob: The Selfie Has Become a Museum Menace

When did we start sharing art instead of looking at it?
By Lale Arikoglu
Happy Friday

The Implicit Sadness of ‘Happy Friday’

The increasingly unavoidable greeting, as well as its annoying conjoined twin, “Thank God It’s Friday,” are not benign bon mots but rather unconscious unpleasantries, evidence of widespread worker dissatisfaction.
By David Wallis
(Photo: Susan Wood/Getty Images)

Put It in Writing: Waiters Should Shut Up About ‘the Specials’

The tortuous, adjective-laden recital of restaurant specials go on, or at least feel like they do, for an unbearable length of time, interrupting conversation and forcing eye contact between hungry patrons and bored servers.
By Lale Arikoglu
A boy waits in front of a poster for "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" at a bus stop in Beijing. (Photo: GREG BAKER/Getty Images)

Spoilers Are Your Problem Not Mine

By Brady Dale
Close to the brink. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Mind the Gap: MTA Layout at the Brink of Madness

By Drew Grant
Recruiters tune out online applause. (Photo: Getty Images)

What You Must Do Before Endorsing Someone on LinkedIn

By Matthew Kassel
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