# Bad day at the office

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-day-at-the-office/779425>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 10, 2017, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-day-at-the-office/779425 "2017-02-10T00:01:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2017, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-day-at-the-office/779425/1 "2017-02-10T00:01:15Z")

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I telecommuted today, but the company president sent out an email. One of my coworkers cut short his Central America vacation and came home early because his mother died yesterday. Another coworker emailed that his cousin drowned in Hawaii yesterday, while on vacation.

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**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2017, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-day-at-the-office/779425/2 "2017-02-10T04:27:45Z")

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You weren’t at the office, you filthy liar.

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**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2017, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-day-at-the-office/779425/3 "2017-02-10T04:41:51Z")

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:rolleyes:

Stealth brag…

😛

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2017, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-day-at-the-office/779425/4 "2017-02-10T05:33:17Z")

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So how did you kill the one guy’s mother and drown the other’s cousin… all while sitting on your ass at home?

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**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2017, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-day-at-the-office/779425/5 "2017-02-10T06:05:21Z")

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Let this be a lesson to you.

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**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2017, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-day-at-the-office/779425/6 "2017-02-11T04:10:30Z")

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Supportive bunch.

You’re not parsing it right. He said it was a lousy day at his office. Not that he was in it. And who would want to be. Sounds miserable.

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2017, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-day-at-the-office/779425/7 "2017-02-11T17:34:44Z")

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> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#):
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> :rolleyes:
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> Stealth brag…
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> 😛

You caught me. Ha-HA! None of my relatives died! Re_sult!_