Out of the office again

Kinja'd!!! "Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing." (granfury)
09/09/2014 at 16:32 • Filed to: None

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Last Friday a water main broke in front of my office. No water=no air conditioning, and within an hour it was impossible to stay. Today, as they were repairing the broken main (and shutting off our water and air conditioning again), a power distribution transformer, or whatever you call one of those big green boxes in the parking lot, exploded. Great - no water, no power, no air, and thus no point in sticking around.

Surprisingly, the stairwells were completely dark. Thankfully I keep a couple of LED flashlights in my computer bag, so getting out wasn't a problem. I've gone home to work, where I have air, water and an internet connection, although it occurs to me that the files I need to work on are located on the server in the office that has no power. I'd send some documents for review to a co-worker in Chicago, but the only email address I have for him is his work address.

So, long story short - should I feel guilty if I get nothing done this afternoon?


DISCUSSION (2)


Kinja'd!!! bob and john > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing.
09/09/2014 at 16:37

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ehh, say you tried. but if you cant do anything, you cant do anything. do some chores aroudn the house instead, make your wife feel special :P


Kinja'd!!! Sam > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing.
09/09/2014 at 16:38

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My office had both of our A/C units stolen a few months ago WHILE WE WERE WORKING. They literally took the whole things, two big industrial A/C units. Completely gone. We could see shoe marks where they climbed up the downspout to get on the roof.