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This just in: Drama drama drama at the SATC!!!

What do you think about business trips? They are tiring, but a sad necessity. What would you think of a man who didn't go on a business trip because his girlfriend wouldn't let him? What would you think if the backstory was that the girlfriend (non-employee) had been under the mistaken impression that she was going to be allowed to go on the trip, too, and threw a tantrum when it was made clear that she simply wasn't going to be joining him in the company-paid car? And the man had been told (by the boss) that she was not allowed, but he still tried to convince his co-workers (who had also been briefed by the boss) to take her anyway? And he kept his co-workers waiting in the parking lot for 30 minutes while he fought with his girlfriend, and then he just came down and said, "I won't be going with you, then"?
True story. Seriously. I know. I can picture your jaw dropping as you read the above paragraph.

Honestly, the girlfriend must be uber-scary, because this guy thought it was preferable to piss me off in an effort to placate her! And how useful is it to try to convince me to do something that I've stated that I will not do, especially because (1) it's unprofessional, (2) the fellow in charge (who is paying for the trip) has said must not happen, and (3) I just don't want to? [Answer: Not useful at all.]

Anyway, events followed their natural course, and the man no longer has a job. I'm guessing he won't have a girlfriend for much longer.

And that's just the tip of the drama iceberg. Working at a Humongous Anonymous Technical Company did have some advantages, such as the fact that people's personal problems were not readily in evidence, not to mention the fact that it was easy to hide in the crowd and avoid crossfire.