Edit: Stand Down, the event has ended, and we’ve returned to DEFCON 4. Your support was felt in spirit, if not in the flesh, and your service is appreciated.
cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/26499767
There is of course a “no politics” rule, which means they get to “accidentally” drop little comments then titter in apology, but no one gets to reply.
And the last thing I’m going to do is make a scene at my wife’s family’s house with my wife’s family on my wife’s birthday.
So here I sit, stewing, and I don’t even have access to anything intoxicating.
Please send a few hours of amnesia and something cold to drink. And earplugs? How about a national emergency requiring us to leave the premises?
i would give an excuse, after finishing the food, i have to leave for work, or wake up early the next day.
Why do people need excuses? Why do people waste their lives lying? Just say it like it is:
My trick is to “accidentally” trade on-call weekends with a colleague and “oh no, I have to work. Again… Next time though!”