News Flash

The person who walked out of your presentation was not upset at something you said. He had to make a phone call.

The colleague who asked why the office should adopt your proposal does not hate you or seek to embarrass you. She simply wants to know why the office should adopt your proposal.

The reason why the committee didn't circulate your analysis was not a conspiracy. Someone forgot to send it out.

The people in the cafeteria didn't notice the stain on your tie; in fact, they barely noticed you at all.

This morning, your boss didn't say hello to you in the hallway because she was thinking about the news that her favorite uncle is dying.

That embarrassing mistake from three years ago - the one that still causes you to cringe whenever you recall it in the middle of the night - is remembered by no one else.

The suspicious event that you think is too neat to be a coincidence is a example of why the word "coincidence" was coined.