the sky, it’s falling
According to the OPM, federal employees in the DC metro got a two hour early release today due to inclement weather.
Of course, when the pronouncement was made, there was nothing more inclement than a light rain. Still, we weren’t going to say no to two fewer hours stuck in that dump of a hotel’s conference center, running through process flows. Oh, how we laughed at Chicken Little going on about the sky falling.
I left the “office” at 3pm, thankful that the late evening meetings were cancelled, and I’d get away with something resembling a normal sized workday for once. Once again, little more than a light rain falling as I got into my car to drive across the way to my hotel.
It’s probably a good thing that they cut us loose when they did. The following photo was taken from my hotel room window at 4pm:
It looks worse now. Occasionally, these sorts of panic responses on the part of authority make a little sense.
