Three days after the salmon incident, I swear the break room microwave STILL smelled faintly like a pier. That HR person should have just opened a window or sprayed something instead of making you throw out your lunch. Honestly, what kind of office has ONE microwave for a whole floor anyway? Did they at least offer to replace your salmon or give you a voucher for the cafeteria? Seems like they owe you a decent meal after that.

Wait, someone actually called you out on characters hissing whole paragraphs? That's brutal (but probably true, honestly). I've definitely been guilty of tossing in a "hissed" or "growled" when a simple "said" would have worked way better. It's one of those things where you think you're being creative but really you're just making your characters sound like they're doing vocal warmups for a nature documentary.