"Betrayal narratives and shouting insults at the departed might make some feel better briefly but it does nothing to address the reasons that good colleagues might want to leave," said Mr Watson.
Among other things, she told me that every time she's checked back in on a workplace where sexual harassment was once pervasive, things appeared to get better briefly while the company was in the news or a court was monitoring a legal settlement before sliding backwards again.
Feeling better, even briefly, won't eradicate stress, but it will keep your emotions on a more even keel and help you begin to feel better.
Karin, labeled a fraud by her brother, starts to agree with that verdict, as she reconnects with an old lover ("The accident permitted that, too. Made everyone briefly better than they were") and completes her migration back to the old existential turf she came from: "He says I'm an imposter?
He is the heir to the grandest and most glittering monarchy on the planet, the recipient of a personal income of £19m last year from the Duchy of Cornwall, but on 22 November, Prince Charles will find himself even better off, if briefly.
Briefly better news was that for the first time since 1991 there were three British women in the main draw here – Elena Baltacha, who qualified after reaching a career-high 65 last week, Anne Keothavong, the former British No1 who got in with a protected ranking after last year's six-month injury break, and Heather Watson, the 17-year-old US Open junior champion, who received a wild card.
Then 2 1/2 hours in, things got briefly better.
My efforts to rein in life are generally exercises in delusional futility, but ones that can sometimes make me feel better, if only briefly.
Pop-up clubs are the ideal fling for the nightclub-inclined and commitment-averse who know it's better to love briefly and with passion than be saddled with the obligations of forever.
Comments from midwives highlighted some confusion as to their role in undertaking this examination: " 'I've learnt from missed third degree tears from colleagues, so now feel it is better to assess briefly than to miss one' (Community Midwife, Band 7)" " 'usually the trauma needs suturing which is done by the doctor (if bad enough) who would then perform a rectal examination.
Far better to disappear briefly than to let out invective that you can't retract.
