On 21 Jan, 17:28, Paul Schmitz-Josten  wrote:
> John Laird in
> :
>
> (The Lord couldn't get a tee time)
>
> >[And especially relevant to me today - user error with my alarm clock
> >meant I arose late, missed my car-share pick-up by miles, had to
> >divert to get petrol, got caught in rush hour traffic that I usually
> >miss, ran into the worst of the weather, had to circle my destination
> >three times to find an approach road that wasn't flooded, eventually
> >arrived on-site to find my allotted car park was also flooded and
> >unusable and advise to park outside and walk in (a mere 15-minute walk
> >in the pouring rain).  I gave up and came home...]
>
> What was the pretended argument for not showing up: The traffic or the
> weather? <evil grin>

Both !  I'm an IT contractor - I'm supposed to control my own work to
some extent to avoid accusations of being an "employee".  Deciding not
to show up at the client site from time to time is a good thing :-)