Am I to assume you're a new arrival, then? You'll have to forgive my bluntness in asking, but I've been here for three years now; things like this are something I take for granted by now, it seems.
One thing I've learned over that period of time, however, is that this place doesn't like making things easy for us.
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One thing I've learned over that period of time, however, is that this place doesn't like making things easy for us.