The Bore Ultimatum

A Frenchman is suing his former employer for “bore out” – boredom’s equivalent of burnout – which he says turned him into a “professional zombie”. Frederic Desnard wants 360,000 euros for being “killed professionally through boredom” by his 80,000-euro-a-year job as an executive in a perfume business. But is “bore out” real? Anthony and Jeff try to discuss whether boredom is even a thing… without being boring.

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