‘Look between H and L’: Boss puts a spin on appraisal news using viral trends

Social media is a constant meme generator. As you scroll through it, an image, video, or reference is sure to pop up that you can’t possibly understand. If you’ve used social media recently, you’ve probably opened your keyboard above average. Because the latest trend encourages users to look “between” specific characters on their keyboard. These messages start with an extravagant detail and then instruct you to check between the H and L keys, which correspond to the letters J and K – in a nutshell – just kidding. People have used this trend to ridicule others, including this woman’s boss.

What did this woman’s boss do? He announced to the staff via text message that everyone was being assessed. Then in the next message, the boss asked them to look between the letters H and L – which is of course JK, or just a joke. The woman shared the screenshot of the messages on social media platform X (formerly Twitter).

The caption for the post read: “My boss must be hesitant.”

The post was viewed more than 3 million times on the microblogging site.

Users in the comments section were devastated by the woman’s predicament.

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What’s going on with this meme, and why is everyone jumping on board?

It all started in May 2021 on 4Chan, a platform where people post anonymous photos and comments. A meme with the description “look between t and o on your key bored” was shared online. Yes, the spelling mistake was intentional The meme showed a K-On figure.

Now if you look between t and o on the keyboard, you will see y, u and i, which spell Yui, a character from an anime series featuring high school students who join a band.

However, workplace memes are not uncommon. Last year, many began implementing “Bare Minimum Mondays” to prevent burnout, “coffee badges” to circumvent “return-to-office” policies, and “rage-applies” for new positions after they are transferred for promotions or pay increases at their current job.

Meanwhile, the Gopi Bahu meme dominated the Indian online space last year. An The boss started the conversation by asking why he hadn’t logged in earlier. Instead of following conventional logic, he took a light-hearted approach.

Check out his answer here:

While his inventive justification was a lot of fun for social media users, what really stood out was his boss’s response. The boss responded with a funny and excellent reply: “Mai bhi tumhaare hike ke sapno pe aise he paani ferunga”.

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