title: The oxymoronic long-term secondment.
scene: coffee
#1234: It’s just a secondment. Why do you keep calling it a transfer?
#7733: Because after 12 months it will be completely impossible for someone you once were to return to a role that once was.
#1234: Well The someone I am now just wants to punch you.
Caption: People change. Roles change. The idea that they don’t remains an annoying constant.