She stood up, put on her jacket, and walked out into the humid night air. Tomorrow, she decided, she would learn how to build a Google Form. Or she would quit.

But for Mira, the lone HR admin, the ritual had started three hours ago. She stared at the stack of paper on her desk. Twenty-seven sheets. One for each department. Each sheet was a maze of handwritten checkmarks (✔), tardy circles (◯), and the dreaded, scribbled "S" for Sakit (sick) next to a name.

Mira picked up the first sheet—Warehouse. Pak Joko, the warehouse supervisor, had the handwriting of a doctor in a hurry. A checkmark? No, it was a squiggle. A dot? Or was that a coffee stain?

The ritual would continue on Monday.

She took a deep breath and opened the file : ABSENSI_FINAL_REAL_2024_v34.xlsx .

Spinning. Spinning. Spinning.