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TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2025-26
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<blockquote data-quote="LawAspirer" data-source="post: 235118" data-attributes="member: 34032"><p>I’m sitting here, bored. No more applications to do. So i'm effectively doing nothing, refreshing my inbox like that might change something. Every seven minutes. Very disciplined. Everything else is marked as read so if <em>the</em> email comes in, I won’t miss it. It will stand out. It has to.</p><p></p><p>Control+R. Nothing.</p><p>Control+R again. Still nothing.</p><p></p><p>By the nineteenth refresh, I’m aware this is pointless, but I do it anyway. The weekend is coming, which means the chance of a dopamine hit is basically gone. That little spike that says maybe someone wants to "hear more about me". Maybe I’m being chosen. Maybe.</p><p></p><p>Then it happens. An email. From a firm. The subject line looks right. Serious. Promising. I click.</p><p></p><p>It loads just a fraction slower than usual, maybe 0.6 seconds. Long enough to feel something. Long enough to believe. Long enough for the dopamine rush to hit all my receptors. I skim, and my eyes immediately find the word “unfortunately.”</p><p></p><p>The feeling disappears as fast as it came. I’m not sad. Just flat. Slightly embarrassed that I expected anything else.</p><p></p><p>I take a break. Make toast. Butter only (can't afford shit nowadays). I come back.</p><p></p><p>In the browser tab I see it. <em>(1)</em> unread. This has to be another firm. I open it immediately.</p><p></p><p>Netflix failed to charge the 10 pounds I owe them.</p><p> </p><p>Fuck it, i'm going to bed (it's 3pm)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LawAspirer, post: 235118, member: 34032"] I’m sitting here, bored. No more applications to do. So i'm effectively doing nothing, refreshing my inbox like that might change something. Every seven minutes. Very disciplined. Everything else is marked as read so if [I]the[/I] email comes in, I won’t miss it. It will stand out. It has to. Control+R. Nothing. Control+R again. Still nothing. By the nineteenth refresh, I’m aware this is pointless, but I do it anyway. The weekend is coming, which means the chance of a dopamine hit is basically gone. That little spike that says maybe someone wants to "hear more about me". Maybe I’m being chosen. Maybe. Then it happens. An email. From a firm. The subject line looks right. Serious. Promising. I click. It loads just a fraction slower than usual, maybe 0.6 seconds. Long enough to feel something. Long enough to believe. Long enough for the dopamine rush to hit all my receptors. I skim, and my eyes immediately find the word “unfortunately.” The feeling disappears as fast as it came. I’m not sad. Just flat. Slightly embarrassed that I expected anything else. I take a break. Make toast. Butter only (can't afford shit nowadays). I come back. In the browser tab I see it. [I](1)[/I] unread. This has to be another firm. I open it immediately. Netflix failed to charge the 10 pounds I owe them. Fuck it, i'm going to bed (it's 3pm) [/QUOTE]
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