9:12 - I realized that I have just enough time to run out for coffee before my 9:30 meeting.
9:13 - Receive a puzzling request via email.
9:14 - I contact the sender. He asks if he can call me back in a little while.
9:14 - I explain that I have a meeting in 15 minutes. He says that he’ll call me in five minutes.
9:15 - Forget about the coffee break. There’s no time.
11:15 - Finally get my morning coffee.
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11:50 - I print out notes for a meeting with the boss at 12.
11:51 - I need to go to the restroom badly. I have just enough time before the meeting.
11:52 - A program that runs every day at this time fails. I have to fix it.
11:54 - Start the first half of the process that will fix the problem.
11:55 - Race into the men’s room to take a frantic dump.
11:59 - Wash hands.
12:00 - Run the second half of the fix.
12:03 - Respond to emails assuring everyone that they fix was successful.
12:05 - Run to the boss’s office, ready to apologize.
12:06 - Boss says he’s busy. Suggests meeting in ten minutes.
12:15 - Begin the meeting with the boss.
12:23 - Remember that I have another meeting at 12:30.
12:24 - Race back to the desk to ask the other meeting organizer to postpone.
12:25 - Friendly colleague stops me in the hallway wanting to chat. I explain that it’s a bad time.
12:26 - Get to my desk. Contact the meeting organizer.
12:28 - Organizer agrees to reschedule their meeting.
12:30 - Race back to the boss’s office.
12:47 - Hungry, bored, and struggling to stay awake.
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