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how can I get coworkers to leave me alone about a humiliating TV experience?

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My boss said it was alright so long as my employer was not named — this was relevant, as I work for a government department. I wanted to sink back into my office chair until I become one with it, unrecognizable, merely furniture. I naively assumed the best. Now my coworkers are in on it, too.

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my interviewers burst out laughing after I left the room, I need a different desk chair, and more

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I am an undergrad student doing a degree that will hopefully lead me to a job in the government as an analyst. I’m worried, however, that as I finish my degree and apply for government jobs, I am going to have trouble explaining this on my resume, or that people will see it an ignore me entirely.