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Anonymous wrote:I don’t get it. If a coworker hard a procedure and took 2-3 months off for FMLA would you demand to know what happened and where they are? It’s pretty safe to assume she isn’t dead. If she were a normal person, she’d likely be out and about on errands and school runs by now. But she'd isn’t and can’t go anywhere without be hounded and having her picture on every front page. Therefore, to recovery, she quite literally has to go incognito.

If I received an email that a coworker was out for 2-3 months for a medical procedure, I would wish them well and demand nothing.

If a month later my coworkers husband was supposed to attend some event involving the company and he cancelled at the last minute with no explanation whatsoever except to say "don't worry, Jane is fine," I'd think that was weird but go back to work.

If a couple weeks after that, I received an "update" on Jane featuring a heavily photoshopped picture of her with her children, where her children were wearing clothes almost identical to my coworkers Christmas card from last year except for some changes that looked clearly faked via editing, and accompanied by an explanation that this photo had been taken days before by her husband, I'd be on Slack with my colleagues unpacking the whole thing and struggling to get work done because, uh, this is getting very strange.

If Jane then sent a follow up email stating that sometimes she gets overzealous with photoshop and apologizing for any controversy, but no other information, I'd continue to scratch my head and I feel certain my colleagues and I would be combing over these missives trying to figure out if there is some kind of hidden plea for help in them.

If the next day Jane's cousin posted a photo of Jane and her husband to Facebook, only the husband was fully visible and Jane was turned almost completely away from the camera staring at a brick wall, I'd immediately text my colleagues with "WFT is going on, should be be doing something to help Jane."

If a week later our boss came into the office and was like "oh you guys don't worry, I saw Jane and her husband at Foxtrot on Sunday buying specialty jams, she seemed fine," I'd say "I will believe Jane is fine when I see her thanks, but also what kind of jam, I love jam."

I mean, if you want it to be a real analogy.

I don't think about my coworkers that much or follow them on Facebook. But, you do you.

Well aren’t you just above it all?


I actually like my coworkers. I’d be worried if they were MIA for sure.

But normal people keep it to themselves. They don't fill in the gaps with insane theories and obsess about it.

Exactly! People obsessed about this are not normal. It is sad to think what may be going on with their life that they decide to “worry” about this.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t get it. If a coworker hard a procedure and took 2-3 months off for FMLA would you demand to know what happened and where they are? It’s pretty safe to assume she isn’t dead. If she were a normal person, she’d likely be out and about on errands and school runs by now. But she'd isn’t and can’t go anywhere without be hounded and having her picture on every front page. Therefore, to recovery, she quite literally has to go incognito.

If I received an email that a coworker was out for 2-3 months for a medical procedure, I would wish them well and demand nothing.

If a month later my coworkers husband was supposed to attend some event involving the company and he cancelled at the last minute with no explanation whatsoever except to say "don't worry, Jane is fine," I'd think that was weird but go back to work.

If a couple weeks after that, I received an "update" on Jane featuring a heavily photoshopped picture of her with her children, where her children were wearing clothes almost identical to my coworkers Christmas card from last year except for some changes that looked clearly faked via editing, and accompanied by an explanation that this photo had been taken days before by her husband, I'd be on Slack with my colleagues unpacking the whole thing and struggling to get work done because, uh, this is getting very strange.

If Jane then sent a follow up email stating that sometimes she gets overzealous with photoshop and apologizing for any controversy, but no other information, I'd continue to scratch my head and I feel certain my colleagues and I would be combing over these missives trying to figure out if there is some kind of hidden plea for help in them.

If the next day Jane's cousin posted a photo of Jane and her husband to Facebook, only the husband was fully visible and Jane was turned almost completely away from the camera staring at a brick wall, I'd immediately text my colleagues with "WFT is going on, should be be doing something to help Jane."

If a week later our boss came into the office and was like "oh you guys don't worry, I saw Jane and her husband at Foxtrot on Sunday buying specialty jams, she seemed fine," I'd say "I will believe Jane is fine when I see her thanks, but also what kind of jam, I love jam."

I mean, if you want it to be a real analogy.

I don't think about my coworkers that much or follow them on Facebook. But, you do you.

I don't think of my coworkers much at all, but if I received a heavily photoshopped and clearly fake photo from a colleague out on leave, claiming to be from a few days before, followed by a hasty mea culpa claiming she just got carried away but nothing else, I'd suddenly be extremely interested in my coworker.

That's what happened here. Many of us were not thinking about or caring about this situation at all until the palace released a fake photo of the princess claiming it was recent, then released, in close succession: a note from her claiming she photoshopped the photo herself, and a picture of the back of her head.

If the intensity of interest in this situation upsets you, I recommend taking that up with KP's press office, which manufactured this entire controversy themselves. The interest and curiosity people are exhibiting is totally normal, not some sign of obsession.

The only person upset is you. You can't stand not knowing and you're obsessed.

Am I upset?

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t get it. If a coworker hard a procedure and took 2-3 months off for FMLA would you demand to know what happened and where they are? It’s pretty safe to assume she isn’t dead. If she were a normal person, she’d likely be out and about on errands and school runs by now. But she'd isn’t and can’t go anywhere without be hounded and having her picture on every front page. Therefore, to recovery, she quite literally has to go incognito.

False comparison - My coworkers aren’t hoarding the country’s wealth. Coworkers and monarchs alike are deserving of medical privacy, but the palace’s actions in this situation have been suspicious, and the public deserves a higher degree of honesty than what they’ve been given.

They aren't hoarding your wealth at all. You are not their public.

Wait what? Of course it’s not my wealth, silly - my ancestors left that country centuries ago and crushed them in the revolution. That doesn’t mean they’re still not hoarding wealth from the public, which they are.

So they aren't beholden to you. It's cute you think you can make demands and pretend you're simply curious. Does the Saudi Royal family and all their dealings fascinate you as much? They hoard a lot of wealth and are very secretive.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t get it. If a coworker hard a procedure and took 2-3 months off for FMLA would you demand to know what happened and where they are? It’s pretty safe to assume she isn’t dead. If she were a normal person, she’d likely be out and about on errands and school runs by now. But she'd isn’t and can’t go anywhere without be hounded and having her picture on every front page. Therefore, to recovery, she quite literally has to go incognito.

If I received an email that a coworker was out for 2-3 months for a medical procedure, I would wish them well and demand nothing.

If a month later my coworkers husband was supposed to attend some event involving the company and he cancelled at the last minute with no explanation whatsoever except to say "don't worry, Jane is fine," I'd think that was weird but go back to work.

If a couple weeks after that, I received an "update" on Jane featuring a heavily photoshopped picture of her with her children, where her children were wearing clothes almost identical to my coworkers Christmas card from last year except for some changes that looked clearly faked via editing, and accompanied by an explanation that this photo had been taken days before by her husband, I'd be on Slack with my colleagues unpacking the whole thing and struggling to get work done because, uh, this is getting very strange.

If Jane then sent a follow up email stating that sometimes she gets overzealous with photoshop and apologizing for any controversy, but no other information, I'd continue to scratch my head and I feel certain my colleagues and I would be combing over these missives trying to figure out if there is some kind of hidden plea for help in them.

If the next day Jane's cousin posted a photo of Jane and her husband to Facebook, only the husband was fully visible and Jane was turned almost completely away from the camera staring at a brick wall, I'd immediately text my colleagues with "WFT is going on, should be be doing something to help Jane."

If a week later our boss came into the office and was like "oh you guys don't worry, I saw Jane and her husband at Foxtrot on Sunday buying specialty jams, she seemed fine," I'd say "I will believe Jane is fine when I see her thanks, but also what kind of jam, I love jam."

I mean, if you want it to be a real analogy.

This post is not normal.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t get it. If a coworker hard a procedure and took 2-3 months off for FMLA would you demand to know what happened and where they are? It’s pretty safe to assume she isn’t dead. If she were a normal person, she’d likely be out and about on errands and school runs by now. But she'd isn’t and can’t go anywhere without be hounded and having her picture on every front page. Therefore, to recovery, she quite literally has to go incognito.

If I received an email that a coworker was out for 2-3 months for a medical procedure, I would wish them well and demand nothing.

If a month later my coworkers husband was supposed to attend some event involving the company and he cancelled at the last minute with no explanation whatsoever except to say "don't worry, Jane is fine," I'd think that was weird but go back to work.

If a couple weeks after that, I received an "update" on Jane featuring a heavily photoshopped picture of her with her children, where her children were wearing clothes almost identical to my coworkers Christmas card from last year except for some changes that looked clearly faked via editing, and accompanied by an explanation that this photo had been taken days before by her husband, I'd be on Slack with my colleagues unpacking the whole thing and struggling to get work done because, uh, this is getting very strange.

If Jane then sent a follow up email stating that sometimes she gets overzealous with photoshop and apologizing for any controversy, but no other information, I'd continue to scratch my head and I feel certain my colleagues and I would be combing over these missives trying to figure out if there is some kind of hidden plea for help in them.

If the next day Jane's cousin posted a photo of Jane and her husband to Facebook, only the husband was fully visible and Jane was turned almost completely away from the camera staring at a brick wall, I'd immediately text my colleagues with "WFT is going on, should be be doing something to help Jane."

If a week later our boss came into the office and was like "oh you guys don't worry, I saw Jane and her husband at Foxtrot on Sunday buying specialty jams, she seemed fine," I'd say "I will believe Jane is fine when I see her thanks, but also what kind of jam, I love jam."

I mean, if you want it to be a real analogy.

I don't think about my coworkers that much or follow them on Facebook. But, you do you.

I don't think of my coworkers much at all, but if I received a heavily photoshopped and clearly fake photo from a colleague out on leave, claiming to be from a few days before, followed by a hasty mea culpa claiming she just got carried away but nothing else, I'd suddenly be extremely interested in my coworker.

That's what happened here. Many of us were not thinking about or caring about this situation at all until the palace released a fake photo of the princess claiming it was recent, then released, in close succession: a note from her claiming she photoshopped the photo herself, and a picture of the back of her head.

If the intensity of interest in this situation upsets you, I recommend taking that up with KP's press office, which manufactured this entire controversy themselves. The interest and curiosity people are exhibiting is totally normal, not some sign of obsession.

The only person upset is you. You can't stand not knowing and you're obsessed.

Am I upset?

Am I? You accused based on zero emotion.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:These comparisons to co-workers are ridiculous. Members of the royal family are NOT similar to co-workers. They are supported by tax payers to represent the state and have public duties. They are responsible to the general public, not to their bosses or their work colleagues.

The better analogy would be to Secretary Austin not reporting that he had surgery for prostate cancer.

Yes, exactly. I would contend that the public doesn’t specifically need to know the cause of medical leaves, but the public does need to know that its tax-supported agents are using public resources appropriately. With the palace’s repeated suspicious actions, it’s entirely appropriate to question what they’re up to.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t get it. If a coworker hard a procedure and took 2-3 months off for FMLA would you demand to know what happened and where they are? It’s pretty safe to assume she isn’t dead. If she were a normal person, she’d likely be out and about on errands and school runs by now. But she'd isn’t and can’t go anywhere without be hounded and having her picture on every front page. Therefore, to recovery, she quite literally has to go incognito.

If I received an email that a coworker was out for 2-3 months for a medical procedure, I would wish them well and demand nothing.

If a month later my coworkers husband was supposed to attend some event involving the company and he cancelled at the last minute with no explanation whatsoever except to say "don't worry, Jane is fine," I'd think that was weird but go back to work.

If a couple weeks after that, I received an "update" on Jane featuring a heavily photoshopped picture of her with her children, where her children were wearing clothes almost identical to my coworkers Christmas card from last year except for some changes that looked clearly faked via editing, and accompanied by an explanation that this photo had been taken days before by her husband, I'd be on Slack with my colleagues unpacking the whole thing and struggling to get work done because, uh, this is getting very strange.

If Jane then sent a follow up email stating that sometimes she gets overzealous with photoshop and apologizing for any controversy, but no other information, I'd continue to scratch my head and I feel certain my colleagues and I would be combing over these missives trying to figure out if there is some kind of hidden plea for help in them.

If the next day Jane's cousin posted a photo of Jane and her husband to Facebook, only the husband was fully visible and Jane was turned almost completely away from the camera staring at a brick wall, I'd immediately text my colleagues with "WFT is going on, should be be doing something to help Jane."

If a week later our boss came into the office and was like "oh you guys don't worry, I saw Jane and her husband at Foxtrot on Sunday buying specialty jams, she seemed fine," I'd say "I will believe Jane is fine when I see her thanks, but also what kind of jam, I love jam."

I mean, if you want it to be a real analogy.

I don't think about my coworkers that much or follow them on Facebook. But, you do you.

Well aren’t you just above it all?


I actually like my coworkers. I’d be worried if they were MIA for sure.

But normal people keep it to themselves. They don't fill in the gaps with insane theories and obsess about it.

Exactly! People obsessed about this are not normal. It is sad to think what may be going on with their life that they decide to “worry” about this.

Yes, it is so strange that people are gossiping about the British royals. It is definitely not something that has been going on for over a thousand years.

Wait.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t get it. If a coworker hard a procedure and took 2-3 months off for FMLA would you demand to know what happened and where they are? It’s pretty safe to assume she isn’t dead. If she were a normal person, she’d likely be out and about on errands and school runs by now. But she'd isn’t and can’t go anywhere without be hounded and having her picture on every front page. Therefore, to recovery, she quite literally has to go incognito.

If I received an email that a coworker was out for 2-3 months for a medical procedure, I would wish them well and demand nothing.

If a month later my coworkers husband was supposed to attend some event involving the company and he cancelled at the last minute with no explanation whatsoever except to say "don't worry, Jane is fine," I'd think that was weird but go back to work.

If a couple weeks after that, I received an "update" on Jane featuring a heavily photoshopped picture of her with her children, where her children were wearing clothes almost identical to my coworkers Christmas card from last year except for some changes that looked clearly faked via editing, and accompanied by an explanation that this photo had been taken days before by her husband, I'd be on Slack with my colleagues unpacking the whole thing and struggling to get work done because, uh, this is getting very strange.

If Jane then sent a follow up email stating that sometimes she gets overzealous with photoshop and apologizing for any controversy, but no other information, I'd continue to scratch my head and I feel certain my colleagues and I would be combing over these missives trying to figure out if there is some kind of hidden plea for help in them.

If the next day Jane's cousin posted a photo of Jane and her husband to Facebook, only the husband was fully visible and Jane was turned almost completely away from the camera staring at a brick wall, I'd immediately text my colleagues with "WFT is going on, should be be doing something to help Jane."

If a week later our boss came into the office and was like "oh you guys don't worry, I saw Jane and her husband at Foxtrot on Sunday buying specialty jams, she seemed fine," I'd say "I will believe Jane is fine when I see her thanks, but also what kind of jam, I love jam."

I mean, if you want it to be a real analogy.

This post is not normal.

Yes, the normal thing to do is to post 300 times that people need to please stop talking about the Princess of Wales on a thread about the Princess of Wales, when you could also just... not.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:These comparisons to co-workers are ridiculous. Members of the royal family are NOT similar to co-workers. They are supported by tax payers to represent the state and have public duties. They are responsible to the general public, not to their bosses or their work colleagues.

The better analogy would be to Secretary Austin not reporting that he had surgery for prostate cancer.

Yes, exactly. I would contend that the public doesn’t specifically need to know the cause of medical leaves, but the public does need to know that its tax-supported agents are using public resources appropriately. With the palace’s repeated suspicious actions, it’s entirely appropriate to question what they’re up to.

Still waiting on that BBC announcement? Any minute now....

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t get it. If a coworker hard a procedure and took 2-3 months off for FMLA would you demand to know what happened and where they are? It’s pretty safe to assume she isn’t dead. If she were a normal person, she’d likely be out and about on errands and school runs by now. But she'd isn’t and can’t go anywhere without be hounded and having her picture on every front page. Therefore, to recovery, she quite literally has to go incognito.

False comparison - My coworkers aren’t hoarding the country’s wealth. Coworkers and monarchs alike are deserving of medical privacy, but the palace’s actions in this situation have been suspicious, and the public deserves a higher degree of honesty than what they’ve been given.

They aren't hoarding your wealth at all. You are not their public.

Wait what? Of course it’s not my wealth, silly - my ancestors left that country centuries ago and crushed them in the revolution. That doesn’t mean they’re still not hoarding wealth from the public, which they are.

So they aren't beholden to you. It's cute you think you can make demands and pretend you're simply curious. Does the Saudi Royal family and all their dealings fascinate you as much? They hoard a lot of wealth and are very secretive.

Once again, of course they’re not beholden to me, because I am not part of their public and never have been, but they are beholden to their constituents.

I wouldn’t say I’m fascinated; I would say that this degree of wealth should not exist, and the people should wrest it back where they can, whether that’s in Saudi Arabia, the UK, billionaires in the US. That’s why I’ve posted a few times on this thread. What about you though, what brings you to the discussion?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t get it. If a coworker hard a procedure and took 2-3 months off for FMLA would you demand to know what happened and where they are? It’s pretty safe to assume she isn’t dead. If she were a normal person, she’d likely be out and about on errands and school runs by now. But she'd isn’t and can’t go anywhere without be hounded and having her picture on every front page. Therefore, to recovery, she quite literally has to go incognito.

If I received an email that a coworker was out for 2-3 months for a medical procedure, I would wish them well and demand nothing.

If a month later my coworkers husband was supposed to attend some event involving the company and he cancelled at the last minute with no explanation whatsoever except to say "don't worry, Jane is fine," I'd think that was weird but go back to work.

If a couple weeks after that, I received an "update" on Jane featuring a heavily photoshopped picture of her with her children, where her children were wearing clothes almost identical to my coworkers Christmas card from last year except for some changes that looked clearly faked via editing, and accompanied by an explanation that this photo had been taken days before by her husband, I'd be on Slack with my colleagues unpacking the whole thing and struggling to get work done because, uh, this is getting very strange.

If Jane then sent a follow up email stating that sometimes she gets overzealous with photoshop and apologizing for any controversy, but no other information, I'd continue to scratch my head and I feel certain my colleagues and I would be combing over these missives trying to figure out if there is some kind of hidden plea for help in them.

If the next day Jane's cousin posted a photo of Jane and her husband to Facebook, only the husband was fully visible and Jane was turned almost completely away from the camera staring at a brick wall, I'd immediately text my colleagues with "WFT is going on, should be be doing something to help Jane."

If a week later our boss came into the office and was like "oh you guys don't worry, I saw Jane and her husband at Foxtrot on Sunday buying specialty jams, she seemed fine," I'd say "I will believe Jane is fine when I see her thanks, but also what kind of jam, I love jam."

I mean, if you want it to be a real analogy.

I don't think about my coworkers that much or follow them on Facebook. But, you do you.

I don't think of my coworkers much at all, but if I received a heavily photoshopped and clearly fake photo from a colleague out on leave, claiming to be from a few days before, followed by a hasty mea culpa claiming she just got carried away but nothing else, I'd suddenly be extremely interested in my coworker.

That's what happened here. Many of us were not thinking about or caring about this situation at all until the palace released a fake photo of the princess claiming it was recent, then released, in close succession: a note from her claiming she photoshopped the photo herself, and a picture of the back of her head.

If the intensity of interest in this situation upsets you, I recommend taking that up with KP's press office, which manufactured this entire controversy themselves. The interest and curiosity people are exhibiting is totally normal, not some sign of obsession.

The only person upset is you. You can't stand not knowing and you're obsessed.

Am I upset?

Am I? You accused based on zero emotion.

I said "if the intensity of interest in this situation upsets you..." I didn't say you are upset. I don't really care about your emotional state except insofar as it impacts me.

I would suggest that the level of devotion you have to trying to dissuade everyone else on this thread to please stop talking about a major news story that is being covered by every major media outlet is odd behavior, though.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:These comparisons to co-workers are ridiculous. Members of the royal family are NOT similar to co-workers. They are supported by tax payers to represent the state and have public duties. They are responsible to the general public, not to their bosses or their work colleagues.

The better analogy would be to Secretary Austin not reporting that he had surgery for prostate cancer.

Yes, exactly. I would contend that the public doesn’t specifically need to know the cause of medical leaves, but the public does need to know that its tax-supported agents are using public resources appropriately. With the palace’s repeated suspicious actions, it’s entirely appropriate to question what they’re up to.

Have you written to your Congress person yet to demand an investigation?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t get it. If a coworker hard a procedure and took 2-3 months off for FMLA would you demand to know what happened and where they are? It’s pretty safe to assume she isn’t dead. If she were a normal person, she’d likely be out and about on errands and school runs by now. But she'd isn’t and can’t go anywhere without be hounded and having her picture on every front page. Therefore, to recovery, she quite literally has to go incognito.

If I received an email that a coworker was out for 2-3 months for a medical procedure, I would wish them well and demand nothing.

If a month later my coworkers husband was supposed to attend some event involving the company and he cancelled at the last minute with no explanation whatsoever except to say "don't worry, Jane is fine," I'd think that was weird but go back to work.

If a couple weeks after that, I received an "update" on Jane featuring a heavily photoshopped picture of her with her children, where her children were wearing clothes almost identical to my coworkers Christmas card from last year except for some changes that looked clearly faked via editing, and accompanied by an explanation that this photo had been taken days before by her husband, I'd be on Slack with my colleagues unpacking the whole thing and struggling to get work done because, uh, this is getting very strange.

If Jane then sent a follow up email stating that sometimes she gets overzealous with photoshop and apologizing for any controversy, but no other information, I'd continue to scratch my head and I feel certain my colleagues and I would be combing over these missives trying to figure out if there is some kind of hidden plea for help in them.

If the next day Jane's cousin posted a photo of Jane and her husband to Facebook, only the husband was fully visible and Jane was turned almost completely away from the camera staring at a brick wall, I'd immediately text my colleagues with "WFT is going on, should be be doing something to help Jane."

If a week later our boss came into the office and was like "oh you guys don't worry, I saw Jane and her husband at Foxtrot on Sunday buying specialty jams, she seemed fine," I'd say "I will believe Jane is fine when I see her thanks, but also what kind of jam, I love jam."

I mean, if you want it to be a real analogy.

I don't think about my coworkers that much or follow them on Facebook. But, you do you.

I don't think of my coworkers much at all, but if I received a heavily photoshopped and clearly fake photo from a colleague out on leave, claiming to be from a few days before, followed by a hasty mea culpa claiming she just got carried away but nothing else, I'd suddenly be extremely interested in my coworker.

That's what happened here. Many of us were not thinking about or caring about this situation at all until the palace released a fake photo of the princess claiming it was recent, then released, in close succession: a note from her claiming she photoshopped the photo herself, and a picture of the back of her head.

If the intensity of interest in this situation upsets you, I recommend taking that up with KP's press office, which manufactured this entire controversy themselves. The interest and curiosity people are exhibiting is totally normal, not some sign of obsession.

The only person upset is you. You can't stand not knowing and you're obsessed.

Am I upset?

Am I? You accused based on zero emotion.

I said "if the intensity of interest in this situation upsets you..." I didn't say you are upset. I don't really care about your emotional state except insofar as it impacts me.

I would suggest that the level of devotion you have to trying to dissuade everyone else on this thread to please stop talking about a major news story that is being covered by every major media outlet is odd behavior, though.

Lol cute attempt at hair splitting. But, you failed.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t get it. If a coworker hard a procedure and took 2-3 months off for FMLA would you demand to know what happened and where they are? It’s pretty safe to assume she isn’t dead. If she were a normal person, she’d likely be out and about on errands and school runs by now. But she'd isn’t and can’t go anywhere without be hounded and having her picture on every front page. Therefore, to recovery, she quite literally has to go incognito.

If I received an email that a coworker was out for 2-3 months for a medical procedure, I would wish them well and demand nothing.

If a month later my coworkers husband was supposed to attend some event involving the company and he cancelled at the last minute with no explanation whatsoever except to say "don't worry, Jane is fine," I'd think that was weird but go back to work.

If a couple weeks after that, I received an "update" on Jane featuring a heavily photoshopped picture of her with her children, where her children were wearing clothes almost identical to my coworkers Christmas card from last year except for some changes that looked clearly faked via editing, and accompanied by an explanation that this photo had been taken days before by her husband, I'd be on Slack with my colleagues unpacking the whole thing and struggling to get work done because, uh, this is getting very strange.

If Jane then sent a follow up email stating that sometimes she gets overzealous with photoshop and apologizing for any controversy, but no other information, I'd continue to scratch my head and I feel certain my colleagues and I would be combing over these missives trying to figure out if there is some kind of hidden plea for help in them.

If the next day Jane's cousin posted a photo of Jane and her husband to Facebook, only the husband was fully visible and Jane was turned almost completely away from the camera staring at a brick wall, I'd immediately text my colleagues with "WFT is going on, should be be doing something to help Jane."

If a week later our boss came into the office and was like "oh you guys don't worry, I saw Jane and her husband at Foxtrot on Sunday buying specialty jams, she seemed fine," I'd say "I will believe Jane is fine when I see her thanks, but also what kind of jam, I love jam."

I mean, if you want it to be a real analogy.

I don't think about my coworkers that much or follow them on Facebook. But, you do you.

Well aren’t you just above it all?


I actually like my coworkers. I’d be worried if they were MIA for sure.

But normal people keep it to themselves. They don't fill in the gaps with insane theories and obsess about it.

Exactly! People obsessed about this are not normal. It is sad to think what may be going on with their life that they decide to “worry” about this.

You, the picture of normalcy, are a hero. You can’t stand it but you’re still here being brave and reading. Keep pushing on. Don’t give up!

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t get it. If a coworker hard a procedure and took 2-3 months off for FMLA would you demand to know what happened and where they are? It’s pretty safe to assume she isn’t dead. If she were a normal person, she’d likely be out and about on errands and school runs by now. But she'd isn’t and can’t go anywhere without be hounded and having her picture on every front page. Therefore, to recovery, she quite literally has to go incognito.

If I received an email that a coworker was out for 2-3 months for a medical procedure, I would wish them well and demand nothing.

If a month later my coworkers husband was supposed to attend some event involving the company and he cancelled at the last minute with no explanation whatsoever except to say "don't worry, Jane is fine," I'd think that was weird but go back to work.

If a couple weeks after that, I received an "update" on Jane featuring a heavily photoshopped picture of her with her children, where her children were wearing clothes almost identical to my coworkers Christmas card from last year except for some changes that looked clearly faked via editing, and accompanied by an explanation that this photo had been taken days before by her husband, I'd be on Slack with my colleagues unpacking the whole thing and struggling to get work done because, uh, this is getting very strange.

If Jane then sent a follow up email stating that sometimes she gets overzealous with photoshop and apologizing for any controversy, but no other information, I'd continue to scratch my head and I feel certain my colleagues and I would be combing over these missives trying to figure out if there is some kind of hidden plea for help in them.

If the next day Jane's cousin posted a photo of Jane and her husband to Facebook, only the husband was fully visible and Jane was turned almost completely away from the camera staring at a brick wall, I'd immediately text my colleagues with "WFT is going on, should be be doing something to help Jane."

If a week later our boss came into the office and was like "oh you guys don't worry, I saw Jane and her husband at Foxtrot on Sunday buying specialty jams, she seemed fine," I'd say "I will believe Jane is fine when I see her thanks, but also what kind of jam, I love jam."

I mean, if you want it to be a real analogy.

I don't think about my coworkers that much or follow them on Facebook. But, you do you.

I don't think of my coworkers much at all, but if I received a heavily photoshopped and clearly fake photo from a colleague out on leave, claiming to be from a few days before, followed by a hasty mea culpa claiming she just got carried away but nothing else, I'd suddenly be extremely interested in my coworker.

That's what happened here. Many of us were not thinking about or caring about this situation at all until the palace released a fake photo of the princess claiming it was recent, then released, in close succession: a note from her claiming she photoshopped the photo herself, and a picture of the back of her head.

If the intensity of interest in this situation upsets you, I recommend taking that up with KP's press office, which manufactured this entire controversy themselves. The interest and curiosity people are exhibiting is totally normal, not some sign of obsession.

The only person upset is you. You can't stand not knowing and you're obsessed.

Am I upset?

Am I? You accused based on zero emotion.

I said "if the intensity of interest in this situation upsets you..." I didn't say you are upset. I don't really care about your emotional state except insofar as it impacts me.

I would suggest that the level of devotion you have to trying to dissuade everyone else on this thread to please stop talking about a major news story that is being covered by every major media outlet is odd behavior, though.

The main news story here is the hysteria, not her recovery or photo.