People have made fortunes while you were away in India, and you deserve more.

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"The pictures are great, and it's a nice souvenir, plus you have something fun in the mail when you get home, besides all the bills that accumulated while you were away, " commented Velvet in a post.

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After all, while you and your colleague were away, your team was likely coming up with all sorts of conclusions as to what prompted the crying in the first place.

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Similarly, you could end up solving for a problem that has either gone away, or been solved by someone else while you were lining up resources.

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