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I know how you feel. I work in a relatively small office, and partly because of that we are all pretty close. I needed to be a few minutes late one morning, so mentioned that I would be, on the way out that evening. The next morning I bounced in about 30 minutes after everybody else, grabbed a cup of coffee, and made the usual rounds to say hi, and see how various evenings went. After visiting with a couple of fellow employees, I stuck my head in the bosses office, only to learn that his brother had passed away during the night.
At first I felt like an ass, but then decided that someone should have had the decency to tell me before I made a total fool of myself. I later learned my boss undestood that I had no way of knowing of his loss, and somebody indeed should have mentioned it. Still bothered me though.
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