Summary:
In this absurd satire, a government clerk accidentally sneezes on a superior’s neck. This makes him worried about how his superior would react and if there would be any repercussions to this. When he apologises, his superior is calm and dismisses the incident. However, he is not relaxed. He apologizes multiple times, each time making his superior more and more irritated. In the end, he passes away simple because he was so terrified of upsetting his superior and possibly facing severe consequences.
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