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Outsiders with Influence

The hair stylist, of course, loved the
entire scenario: My boss goes there, I go RANDOM
there, and Ted goes there too. STRANGERS TO
I was by far the quietest of the group, YOU ARE NOT
but now I was afraid to leave the hair ALWAYS
stylist anyway. If I did, information STRANGERS TO THE
would then go directly from Ted to my PEOPLE WHO HOLD
boss with no filter, other than a hair YOUR CAREER IN
stylist resentful to have lost me as a THEIR HANDS.
client.
I was trapped. I accepted it because
it’s amazing how stuff carries from ear to ear, truly amazing. And with
influential outsiders, you have to try to control your own fate as much as
you possibly can.

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