Why Go Through All This?
A 1,900 word short story
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8 min readMay 7, 2024
The speed dating style event at work had seemed quite a good idea when Jemma’s colleague, Ralf, suggested they include it in the team-building activities they were co-ordinating.
“Five minutes conversation with colleagues they don’t see much of will help people get to know each other,” he’d said.