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A psychological profile of a family in the form of a want ad. You’ve invented a new form of memoir.

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Love this Drake. Precisely.

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Haha I'll take it!

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My favorite section is your family values. "We return the grocery carts" says a LOT.

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Same here. Many brands and companies could learn from Charlie’s example, instead of listing abstract words and puffery that usually don’t amount to anything at all. E.g. A brand might say it values “quality” or “integrity”. I mean, who doesn’t?

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Thank you, Becky and Simon!

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Ah! If we lived near you and I needed a job, I’d absolutely inquire!

*tried, and failed, to think of how to phrase this without sounding like an online stalker 😂*

I love this take on a want ad. The transparency is amazing, and necessary! Why can’t all want ads be like this?

Oh yeah. Because openness and vulnerability are often preyed upon 😠

Thank you for this!

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Hahaha. That's hilarious, Bradley. I was sort of hoping someone would read this who would actually want the job!

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My favourite part of this is the ‘your references’ bit. So many ads of important stuff only focus on what ‘the buyer’ gets – which will never be the right person if you forget about what the applicant needs too.

Love it.

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Thanks, Claire. It's so true. I'm thinking about this now with publishing a book and finding a publisher who is actually a good fit, instead of trying to impress them and hoping they'll pick me.

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Bravo, Charlie.

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thanks for your help on this one!

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