The sort of jobs people do in our post-industrial society never ceases to amaze me. At a function the other night, I was sitting next to someone who called herself an "executive coach". Among other things, this involves helping high-powered executives to deal with the emotional stress of having to sack their colleagues, and what she cutely referred to as "conflict resolution", or how to get along with people you fundamentally loathe but cannot fire. I\'m not making this up. High-powered executives pay good money for this personalised form of workplace psychotherapy.
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