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There is all sorts of crazy going on where I work at the moment, power shifts in the management, arguments over who is to blame for various things, and now the dumbest request I have ever seen has come my way. I am resisting it, and have support from my manager to continue resisting, but as I said, there is a shift in the balance of power and we are being lined up to catch the sh*t when it hits the fan.

I've been summoned into a meeting tomorrow, one of the managers on my side has just phoned me up and asked me to go, be as polite and helpful as I can.

And to try not to walk out or hit anyone.


The worrying thing is, at the weekend I had a dream that I was in a meeting with some of those who will be present tomorrow. My final line in the dream meeting before storming out was "With all due respect, you can all go and f*** yourselves".

Until developments this morning there was no indication at all that I would be in a meeting with these people anytime soon.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.

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Were you affected by the geomagnetic storms this past weekend?
Communication disruptions, electrified pipes, random unexplained blue-screens in Windows - the list of effects is terrifying.
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