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Oh the stress, anguish, and inner turmoil that occurs in today's workplace.

My boss just left work. He is on vacation Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, and thought he would take a head start by leaving early today. I am in charge in his absence. My boss' boss, is also on vacation, and doesn't return until late Sunday night to be here Monday morning. My boss was in charge for my boss' boss, which, since he is now gone, leaves me in charge of my people, my boss' people, and my boss' boss' people. Now my boss' boss' boss works in New Jersey, or New York or Massachusetts or something.

In a, before now, unrelated circumstance, I don't want to be here. I am tired, have stuff to do, and am just plain sick of work. I have work to do, but none of it is due tomorrow. In fact, none of it is even due Monday. In fact, none of it is even due next week.

Part of me wants to grab my laptop, sling it over my shoulder, and run out the front door. I tell my self, "I will never get caught, and even if I did, I could claim that I had a personal errand that I needed to run and since I don't even know my boss' boss' boss' name, I had no clue how to contact him/her to let him/her know I would be gone. Even if I did get caught, and had no excuse….."

fuck it….

bye