Deachman: An unofficial back-to-the-office poll — Grrr, Meh or Yay, public servants? | Unpublished
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Author: Bruce Deachman
Publication Date: September 11, 2024 - 17:33

Deachman: An unofficial back-to-the-office poll — Grrr, Meh or Yay, public servants?

September 11, 2024
I’m no professional pollster, nor even much of an amateur one. How else to explain me standing outside the Tunney’s Pasture LRT station on Wednesday morning, holding a Bristol board sign that asked “How excited RU4 3days in the office?” To persuade people to answer, I was offering public service employees each a Big Chewy Nerds candy they could use to cast their vote into one of three plastic snack containers labelled “Yay!,” “Grr!” and “Meh.” Read More


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