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One Reason I Hate Ice Breakers is I Always Overshare

If you could have dinner with anyone, dead or alive, who would it be and does this exercise make you as uncomfortable as it does me?

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Alicia Kenworthy
May 04, 2024
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This is the chopstick holder at Philippe by Philippe Chow. The waitress generously gave me permission to keep him. On his belly, it's imprinted "Return Me to Philippe." But I think he's happier with me.

The brilliant Terry Freedman has a post up on his Substack about ice breakers; I thought I’d take the opportunity to reiterate here how much I, too, dislike them. Please don’t ask me to introduce myself along with…

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