Murphy's Law
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Slog all day and no one notices, take a 5-minute breather to play Windows Solitaire, and the boss silently appears behind you.
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Slog all day and no one notices, take a 5-minute breather to play Windows Solitaire, and the boss silently appears behind you.
This law belongs with Murphy's Commerce Laws, where small assumptions, timing, and system complexity tend to turn into memorable failures.
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