The incident was described as "the last thing Silverstone needed" by the track's boss, Martin Brundle.

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Still, most of us can probably think of a colleague who could use a makeover: The intern who wears low-cut tops, the IT guy who lives in track pants, the boss who doesn't iron his shirts.

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If your boss does manage to track you down and try to give you some work, you can strategically deploy a kind of good-natured cluelessness.

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