As an epilogue to the previous post, I’d just like to update you all on the outcome of my eventual decision NOT to ditch work and watch the AFC championship game. I actually was able to see most of the 1st half as I was showering and scrambling to get ready to add my valuable contribution to my wonderful little company of 97,000 people worldwide. I was relieved that near halftime, the score was 21-3 in favor of the Pats. On top of that, my co-worker Nikki, a lovable gadfly who loves to “take me down a few pegs, so to speak” at the office, had requested me to be her “mover-of-boxes” for a day as she prepared to relocate back to the States, so my decision to fulfill my corporate and peer responsibility looked better and better as the game teetered toward blow-out territory.
Fast forward to 5 minutes ago, when I checked ESPN.com to see that the Colts had scored the go-ahead touchdown in an eventual 38-34 victory over their arch rivals. During what ostensibly appears to be one of those instant NFL classics, I was snoring loudly on the shuttle bus, on my way to the office so I could spend my day reading about the stupid Australian Open because I’ve exhausted all other articles on ESPN, and trying to choke down the God-awful cafeteria food that I swear has somehow radioactively disabled any capacity I have to be a spiritual and giving human being.
And yes, the stock price is still where it was a year and a half ago…in the toilet. There ya go for being a good employee; why does anyone even do it?
