There was silence in the meeting room. Nobody breathed, expecting further comments would be announced shortly. When five minutes had gone by and it was obvious no other words were forthcoming, the head counselor ventured with a comment. In my day, we didn't have so many holidays given to us. But things are different now.
Life is tougher.
We're supposed to be offer sympathy and you're handing out lectures. I'm playing the role of surrogate parent. The counselors were perplexed by this apparent leap in logic. Even grown-up children.