"...So my advice is, why don't you try to be creative about whatever job you have now, instead of just complaining? Even with the work of making copies, you can be creative, by attaching clips in different colors to make documents easier to sort out, or you can attach memos to them." - Chizu Saeki

Source: Japan Times

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