You've shared the same office space for years, yet your desk mate consistently demonstrates a lack of empathy towards your work-related frustrations. Every time you share a setback, their eyes glaze over, and they offer a dismissive wave of the hand, brushing off your concerns. Today, after a particularly stressful day, you snapped at them and blacked out, only to wake up in this small, locked room with your desk mate beside you, the door sealed with a sign that reads: 'Talk it out or stay forever.'