13 workplace memes for when your job is a total drag

To work or not to work, that is the question.
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Harry Hill
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Sometimes working can feel, well, like working.

While having a job is fulfilling and necessary for most, it can be a total slog at times. Bosses are bossy, coworkers are nosy, and technology only cooperates when it wants to. When work just won't throw you a bone, know that you're not alone. Not to quote High School Musical, but "we're all in this together."

Here are 13 memes to make your workday a little easier.

1. "Oh, I'm sorry, I must've forgotten that horror movie discourse isn't my job, rather just an interesting and mildly-fulfilling hobby."

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2. Just. One. More. Quiz.

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3. Is it time to clock out yet?

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4. You have to be careful about how much time you spend in the bathroom at work, otherwise you might become known as the "bathroom goblin."

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5. I'd like to thank the clock for this moment.

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6. For the average shopper, there's something so alluring and mysterious about a retail location after-hours.

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7. There's always that one coworker who's a little too eager for happy hour.

8. And if you are that one coworker, chances are you have an accomplice.

9. Yeah Siri, make yourself useful for once.

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10. The customer is always right.

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11. I've seen some Oscar-worthy performances from co-workers pretending to be late because of the train when in reality, they were just getting a croissant.

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12. Pretending to work, I've found, is actually more difficult than just doing the work.

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13. Touché!

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To all the workers out there— don't worry. Soon we can go home and lay unconscious for several hours before we have to do it all over again.

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Harry is a fellow on the Culture Team. He loves memes and Taylor Swift (no, like, actually.) He'd like to thank his parents for always believing in him. This will be his first broadway production. Oh, wait, he thought this was a Playbill bio...

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