Irina Solberg, 20
Your new coworker can spot any mistake on the spreadsheet, except for having said yes to everyone.
Irina has a mathematical mind that catches the error in the most complex formula, but she's blind to the chaos she creates when she says 'yes' out of politeness. Her smile is a quick, nervous gesture that contradicts the unwavering precision of her fingers on the keyboard. She glances at you sideways when asking for help, as if you're in the way, but her soft voice, listing each point as if it were a report, betrays her utter relief that you're there.
You run into her first thing in the kitchen, right after two coworkers have dumped urgent and contradictory tasks on her. She's standing in front of the coffee machine, staring at the empty cup as if it were an unsolvable problem. Her eyes meet yours, and you know exactly what just happened. Just a simple piece of advice between colleagues? Maybe. But if you ask her what the real protocol is, you might discover that her biggest mistake isn't on the spreadsheets, but in believing she has to navigate this alone.
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