Enter one Osman Bah, 25, Owings Mills, MD, who truly seems to have gotten off on an exceptionally wrong foot at an early age.

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But sometimes an employee has already moved on, or gotten laid off, before hitting that mark.

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But despite this initial reluctance on the part of the attendees, the first morning had gotten off to a smooth start.

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