Augie's Law

You've heard of Murphy's Law, right? It's something to the effect of "whatever can go wrong, will go wrong."

Today at work I created Augie's Law. Or should I say I had a revelation and named it Augie's Law.

(If I were you people, I'd note what I was were wearing, what time it is, etc., because trust me, you are going to want to remember for the rest of your days what you were wearing and where you were when you heard this gem)

*ahem*

*gets all important and stuff*

Augie's Law: "One will get the busiest and most stressed out in the last hour of work before a weekend or holiday or day off"

Why do people wait ALL DAY and then decide they have a matter of THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE that must be done IMMEDIATELY right before Augie is leaving for the day? And of course they preface their very MOST IMPORTANT email with 'please get back to me immediately'. Immediately? Or what? You'll implode? Heck, I'd like to see that.

So, I find out this issue has been brewing since last week, yet it didn't become the MAJOR EMERGENCY until the end of the day, which is also the end of my work week. Well, in my book that means your emergency goes to the bottom of my list because I am dealing with people who actually have decided to give me more than an hour to try to figure out a solution. Stupid nitwits. Grrrrrrrrrr.

Speaking of solutions, I have a solution to Augie's Law. I'm calling it Augie's Solution (my cleverness knows no bounds, people).

Augie's Solution: "Upon entering your last hour of work for the day, and especially the last hour of work for the week, do not answer the phone, do not open emails from co-workers, do not look up from your desk. Ignore everyone. They will eventually go away."