A Loathsome Colleague Died. Why Is Everyone Pretending She Was So Great?

A Loathsome Colleague Died. Why Is Everyone Pretending She Was So Great?

A reader smells hypocrisy in his co-workers’ proclamations of mourning and wants no part of it. Is he obligated to attend her funeral if his heart isn’t in it?

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