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No offense to Pippa's, but I couldn't think of a better name...

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hah!

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Oh my god. That's exhausting to experience secondhand; I'm sorry you lived it. I particularly loved "no worries" in response to your correction. Ummm....WT...?

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"No worries" in lieu of "you're welcome" or "thanks" is one of my biggest bugbears.

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I too have ugly email threads like this.

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Sounds so bloody familiar. This really made me laugh but at the horror and superficiality of their stance. I have even had discussions with a very famous grocer with eau de nil branding about running a food quiz and told after several back and forth, "there is no budget, we thought you would do it as a friend of ours....many do " duh

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GRRRRRRR!

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Thank you so much for sharing this - unfortunately it's a common business practice with brands large and small these days. Ugh...Fight the good fight and don't give in! Well done, Jenny.

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Sadly very familiar. It's frustrating to hear how people value but don't value your skills/work/experience.

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Oh my god, that is ugly. Ugly ugly ugly.

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Speechless, this should never happen!

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!!!!!!

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