Did we (have to) tell anyone?
The simplest rationalization is that nobody will notice. It’s just not that important. If someone does say anything, feign ignorance and promise to correct any weakness. Yes, I’m talking about the new and improved web site, which comes with new and improved software that none understand. No matter, by the time anybody else cares, we’ll have it mastered.
Unless push comes to shove, and within the next twenty hours a major storm moves up the Eastern Seaboard, and road conditions become dangerous, and we have to get a bulletin out to the rest of the world. Nah, that’s not going to happen. We’d never be that fortunate.
Ambivalence that causes stress, now that’s something I can identify with. As it happens, we might have exactly this scenario by dawn, where the new and improved website might contain the status of our transport system. It’s completely untested; we didn’t dare post a false bulletin to see if things worked.
I guess I’d better turn on the radio tomorrow morning, and then check the website. If the information jives, things have either worked or nothing of note has happened, which puts us back to the start of the loop. Is this like a program for playing chess, or are we just twirling around, hoping that we’ll bat one over the fence? Simulation or reality check – I can’t tell the difference.
