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Office 'Dog' Turns Out to Be a Statue, Causing More Upset

A meme featuring a text overlay and a photograph. The text recounts a workplace anecdote where the author was initially upset about someone leaving a dog in the office, went to play with it, and was more upset upon realizing it was a statue. Below the text is a photograph of a golden retriever sitting calmly behind a glass partition in an office, appearing so still that it resembles a statue. The office background includes a trash can and office chairs.
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I was at work and I was so upset that someone left heir dog in the office so I went to play with it and it's a f king statue, then I was more upset

Overview

A meme featuring a text overlay and a photograph. The text recounts a workplace anecdote where the author was initially upset about someone leaving a dog in the office, went to play with it, and was more upset upon realizing it was a statue. Below the text is a photograph of a golden retriever sitting calmly behind a glass partition in an office, appearing so still that it resembles a statue. The office background includes a trash can and office chairs.

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The meme originates from X.com (formerly Twitter) under the account 'WholesomeMeme'. It is a user-created content combining a personal anecdotal text overlay with a photograph of a real dog that looks like a statue, likely edited using a basic image editor to add the text.

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