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If you're late to work, but....

I'm sure everyone has been asked this question sometime in their life, if a tree falls in the forest, and nobody's around to see it fall, does it make a sound?

My usual response to that question is, if nobody's around to see it fall, how do you even know the tree actually fell?

I know this philosophical question is of little value to most of us, considering everything else going on in the world, but I bring it up today, because this morning, I over slept, for the first time in a long while, and was about 40 minutes late getting to work.

But when I arrived at work, I discovered no one was in the office yet. The plant was working, but they don't usually pay attention to the comings and goings of those in the front office.

Now I didn't tell anybody [up until now that is], that I was late, so my question is, since no one was around to see me arrive late, was I really late?
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Becky said…
Dear It's-All-About-Me-Kashinksy.

This is a fascinating question. Kind of like "Does the unobservered world still exists even when we're not watching?"

But more importantly, "If a tree falls in the forest on a Mime, who cares?"

You were not late because I arrived AFTER you and that would make me late.

Now I miss the old days of Prodigy.
5:34 AM
ditra coleman said…
It does not count if no one sees you come in late or leave early... but how about if some person who doesn't like you is the only one that sees you come late or leave early. Not only does it count, but I do it purposely just to p--- them off.!
1:48 AM
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