idiots...

so shortly after getting to work yesterday, a mass email goes out that the power may be turned off at any time for up to 2 hours due to a squirrel finding its way into a power box and blowing a fuse.

so it basically meant work, but don't do anything that will be affected if the power goes out... which means not much for most of my dept.

after lunch i was feeling "frisky" so i emailed the boss this:

Is there anything that can be done to control squirrel activities? We can't start sample runs for fear the power will go out. It is really disrupting our work.

his reply:

Excellent point, this is the true spirit of human vs. nature. I guess so far, unless for a price (shielding, backup, etc.), we sometimes have to surrender to a squirrel, or T'storm for that matter. Do you best and wish for even better! :-)

i'm still debating if he was trying to be funny, or if he is really that stupid.
regardless i was laughing for a good five minutes.