Knew it was real + knew society was going to fail the assignment simultaneously when I was the first to tell #2 boss that I planned to WFH. #2 fired off an email to #1 calling me “the very definition of nonessential”.
Yes, we were far enough along in the outbreak to have nonessential in the lexicon, yet I was the first to say WFH!
And there’s a fun coda…
In late spring, they called everyone back to the office + planned a publicity event despite a wave of Covid flying through the office. A day after the event…