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[10:12] Andy1976: Morning.
[10:12] Status_Busy: hey.
[10:13] Andy1976: How are things?
[10:13] Status_Busy: my nose keeps running
[10:13] Status_Busy: and my arm’s pretty sore today, i need one of those carpal tunnel braces
[10:15] Andy1976: That sucks. Sorry to hear it. My brother had carpal tunnel problems.
[10:15] Andy1976: Logging on a bit late, aren’t you?
[10:16] Status_Busy: meh. i overslept.
[10:16] Andy1976: Drag.
[10:16] Status_Busy: yeah, well, i wouldn’t have minded so much, but there was no hot water
[10:16] Status_Busy: it was like showering in a mountain stream
[10:17] Andy1976: Hey, at least it woke you up.
[10:17] Status_Busy: true.
[10:18] Status_Busy: i was out of cereal, though.
[10:18] Andy1976: LOL Not your day, is it.
[10:21] Status_Busy: oh, and get this. so i get to my desk, and there’s an email to my whole team from the CFO
[10:21] Status_Busy: they’re bringing in a consultant to evaluate us
[10:22] Andy1976: That is NEVER good news.
[10:22] Status_Busy: whatever, they can bite me.
[10:24] Status_Busy: man, i really wish i’d had time to get coffee on the way in.
[10:24] Andy1976: I thought you said your office has a pretty decent coffee machine?
[10:25] Status_Busy: it does
[10:25] Andy1976: So?
[10:25] Status_Busy: so what?
[10:25] Andy1976: So get up and go make some, freak.
[10:25] Status_Busy: my foot is caught in a bear trap
[10:26] Andy1976: Of course it is.
[10:26] Status_Busy: hurts more than i would have thought
[10:26] Andy1976: And no one’s helping you because … ?
[10:26] Status_Busy: they’re all in a meeting, talking about the consultant. i volunteered to man the phone because i didn’t feel like listening to them panic for half an hour.
[10:26] Andy1976: Seems like you might consider using that phone to call for help.
[10:27] Status_Busy: phone line went dead, problems with the VoIP server
[10:27] Andy1976: Ah. Cell phone?
[10:27] Status_Busy: forgot it on kitchen counter in my haste to get to work and step in a bear trap
[10:27] Andy1976: Things just keeps getting worse, huh.
[10:28] Status_Busy: i guess
[10:28] Status_Busy: this also means there’s an untrapped bear around here somewhere
[10:28] Andy1976: My goodness.
[10:28] Status_Busy: and i never should have worn this sweater, too itchy.
[10:29] Andy1976: Then take it off.
[10:29] Status_Busy: can’t, i’d only be wearing a t-shirt and that’s against dress code
[10:29] Status_Busy: dammit, just gave myself a paper cut.
[10:31] Status_Busy: whoops, now the fire alarm’s going off
[10:31] Status_Busy: aaaaaaand it doesn’t appear to be a drill.
[10:32] Andy1976: Man, did you kick a gypsy on the way into work or something?
[10:32] Status_Busy: it’s new york – you expect me to keep track of the people i kicked this morning?
[10:32] Andy1976: Well you must have at least a vague idea.
[10:32] Status_Busy: do not presume to dictate which vague ideas i must have.
[10:32] Andy1976: Fair enough.
[10:34] Status_Busy: what the fuck??? the consultant just emailed me directly and says that my position will be “significantly restructured”
[10:34] Andy1976: Shouldn’t you be trying to evacuate?
[10:35] Status_Busy: what does that even mean? how can a restructuring be anything BUT significant??
[10:35] Andy1976: With the running? And the evacuating? Yes?
[10:35] Status_Busy: to restructure is, by definition, to CHANGE STRUCTURE
[10:36] Andy1976: **HELLO?** Is the building on fire?
[10:36] Status_Busy: oh, yeah i think it is. everyone ran outside straight from the conference room. but i’m stuck in this thing, can’t pry it open
[10:37] Status_Busy: hang on, lemme see if i can reach the window
[10:40] Status_Busy: nope. gave myself another paper cut.
[10:40] Status_Busy: there goes the bear, fleeing the fire
[10:41] Status_Busy: hey did i tell you? i’m pretty sure sarah is sleeping with that guy she’s been doing improv with.
[10:42] Andy1976: That’s ridiculous, no one sleeps with guys who do improv.
[10:42] Status_Busy: son of a bitch – i just realized i forgot to drop my netflix dvds in the mail.
[10:43] Status_Busy: i really do wish i hadn’t overslept.
[10:44] Status_Busy: listen, the flames are closing in, and I’m starting to feel faint from blood loss. can you swing by my place later and feed my cat?
[10:51] Andy1976: Wait, you ARE joking about all this, right?
[11:16] Andy1976: Dude?

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