This furlough business is like being forced at gunpoint to pick your favorite child and then being told the gun was never loaded. Sure, you're relieved but now you've got a kid who didn't make the cut and is never going to forget they weren't picked. Any pragmatist knows they are totally replaceable, sometimes they don't even need to be replaced, what they did can be done without, but no one likes to be reminded of their overall insignificance. So fine, maybe Congress will pull its head out of its ass to get some air but I'm still looking at my organization and thinking, seriously, what the fuck? Gotta say, it's got me thinking I ought to act the part of being really non-essential. I don't care how the blow is softened, I will never believe it was arbitrary. I've got to say though my girlfriend who is essentially between assignments and can only work a few hours a day made the cut so it's hard for me to believe we drilled down to the individual level if that decision passed muster.
Anyways, my boss is still awesome. I don't even care if he's a terrible human being in disguise because if he is, he's so good at it, I have to respect it. He's still hitting it out of the park, even when he has to tell me I didn't make the cut. He hated making that call and I knew he hated making that call. Going to miss working with that guy. Even if I'm not his favorite.
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