Ahiahi mārie, welcome to The Spinoff Daily. Today on The Spinoff: the transport portfolio passes from hatchet man to healer, a triumph for AT – whether the mayor likes it or not – and all Body Shop products we’ve loved and lost. But first: Help Me Hera advises a reader whose coffee dates have started feeling more like external audits.
“Meeting people for a ‘catch-up’ drink is a beloved and time-honoured tradition, in which asking rapid-fire personal questions is not only acceptable but widely considered polite. Trying to avoid discussing your love life, job prospects and ongoing family issues over an intimate, Frasier-style cappuccino, is like going on a VIP behind-the-scenes tour of the Cheesecake Factory, and complaining that all they talked about was the commercial manufacture of cheesecake. No amount of spontaneously changing the subject to whale gestational periods or the relationship between time and consciousness is going to let you off the hook. You describe these catch-ups as being formulaic, boring and invasive. Which only goes to show that one man’s paradise is another man’s purgatory. I’m sure your friends are interested in hearing about your life and have no idea they’re unwittingly driving you insane. But that doesn’t mean you’re in the wrong here.”
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Why does every catch-up feel like a job interview?
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