Corollary of When your workmates guarantee they'll take care of your duties while you're on... When your workmates guarantee they'll take care of your duties while you're on vacation, they won't.

Corollary

Source status: Attributed to David Orr

the week you're gone will be the "week from hell" you must catch up on.

- David Orr

Category: Browse categories

Votes: 0 up, 0 down

In context

This law belongs with Murphy's Laws, where small assumptions, timing, and system complexity tend to turn into memorable failures.

Keep exploring laws from this topic or browse the full archive for neighboring ideas.

Improve this entry

Know the original source, a better attribution, or a duplicate we should merge? Report an issue.