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But ain’t life a bitch sometimes?  
But ain’t life a bitch sometimes?  


When, finally, we have that [[black swan]]-fluttering, [[long tail]]-wagging, epochal event of systematic disruption; when, at last, the sacred, diamanté-encrusted citadel to which, daily, we bend our joyful steps is a crippled, toxic ghost town with a three-mile exclusion zone — when, finally, your tired, your poor, your huddled masses, the wretched refuse of your [[middle management]] layer, yearning to freely populate their decks — trudge like obedient beasts and fowls through the teeming deluge, two-by-two, to your magnificent hill-top ark ''where you have been waiting an eternity to give them succour'' — when that day finally comes, it turns out they ''can’t'' come to your draughty warehouse even if they wanted to, but — ''worse!'' — they don’t want to. They seem to be getting along just fine logging in from a laptop in the spare room and they aren’t even missing the business continuity warehouse facility you so lovingly curate for them!
When, finally, we have that [[black swan]]-fluttering, [[long tail]]-wagging, epochal event of systematic disruption; when, at last, the sacred, diamanté-encrusted citadel to which, daily, we lucky others bend our joyful steps is struck down; a crippled, toxic ghost-town inside a three-mile exclusion zone — when, finally, your tired, your poor, your huddled masses, the wretched refuse of your [[middle management]] layer, yearning to freely populate their decks — trudge like obedient beasts and fowls through the teeming deluge, two-by-two, to your magnificent hill-top ark ''where you have been waiting an eternity to give them succour'' — when that day finally comes, it turns out they ''can’t'' come to your draughty warehouse even if they wanted to, but — ''worse!'' — they don’t want to. They seem to be getting along just fine logging in from a laptop in the spare room and they aren’t even missing the business continuity warehouse facility you so lovingly curate for them!


Business continuity management: a cautionary tale against providing in advance for contingencies you cannot hope to anticipate.
Business continuity management: a cautionary tale against providing in advance for contingencies you cannot hope to anticipate.