Foreign Service Problems

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When you get yet another demarche to deliver

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When you're hungry at a reception

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When the cable you wrote six months ago that Washington dismissed turned out to be prescient

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When a senior 7th floor leader says you need to look after your people, but also get all the work done no matter the workload

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When the budget team won't let you put in for new travel orders because you haven't filed your last voucher

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When someone asks you how bidding is going with a particular job

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When someone else is tasked with coordinating next year's 4th of July party

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When you watch two sections at post arguing during a meeting

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When an ELO says they won't draft a BCL for the Ambassador's upcoming meeting

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When you depart post at the end of a tour

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When a White House visitor is wheels up

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When someone claims their cable changed policy

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When you leave a reception

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When DS is investigating someone

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When you're departing post in a week

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When someone complains to GSO that the traffic by their housing is too loud

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When you deliver a demarche that's critical of the host country