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The Economist’s agony uncle returns

Pets, drugs and schedule send: another postbag for Max Flannel

Illustration showing a man seated at a desk, on the desk there’s a pig, a dog and a weasel.
Illustration: Paul Blow


Dear Max, My employer has a policy of allowing dogs in the office. Almost everyone there seems to think this is tremendous but I don’t like the things. (To be honest, I don’t like people either but I accept that they should be allowed to come to the workplace.) Is there anything I can do, or do I have to grin and bear it?

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This article appeared in the Business section of the print edition under the headline “The return of The Economist’s agony uncle”

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