⟡ SWANK Exhaustion Dispatch, Iteration Final ⟡
9 February 2024
Nothing Has Happened. Except More Emails from You.
I. The Redundant Loop Closes In On Itself
Another contact from Samira Issa, this time shifting from ignored phone call requests to an in-person meeting—still refusing to acknowledge the already defined boundary.
Her justification?
“A verbal conversation will be beneficial…”
Polly Chromatic’s reply is surgical:
“Nothing new has happened and I do not have time. Thank you.”
II. The Performance of Acknowledgement Without Action
Samira writes:
“I have read them all… I have made sure to read the previous file…”
Yet she continues to:
Ignore the solicitor notice
Ignore the asthma-related phone barrier
Ignore the repetition clause
Ignore the explicit refusal of contact
This is not safeguarding.
This is bureaucratic defiance masquerading as care.
III. Boundary Maintenance as Emotional Labour
Polly should not have to say:
No to phone calls
No to meetings
No to referral repetition
No to unpaid emotional labour
But she does. Repeatedly. Calmly. Legally.
“Nothing new has happened and I do not have time.”
That is more than enough.
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She has said no more ways than the law requires. If they contact her again, it’s not social work—it’s stalking.
Polly Chromatic
Director, SWANK London Ltd.
Flat 22, 2 Periwinkle Gardens, London W2
www.swanklondon.com
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