Scab Pizza

So we have been in 'crunch' mode here for about 2.5 months now. Crunch mode being the point in time where all people who crammed for exams realize that they have very little time get things finished off and so some serious work is required...... yep, I was that crammer... nothing like a looming deadline.

This particular product release has been, by far, the most frantic one I have been involved in. It's been the first where executive decisions have had to be made to make sure we hit the release date. However, we have been told, that is it very important that we get this code out the door so the sales teams have a shot at making some money before the end of the 4th quarter.

A lot of people here have been putting in some really unbelievable hours trying to finish the work.... I have to admit I have not been one of those........ 'those' tending to be the young single unjaded members of our development teams..... I have moved from that category to the 'old married man with children' category and this gives me the luxury of not working that many hours because I have a life. But in my defense I have been doing more than normal hours..... and I paid my dues when I was in the previous category.

One of the things that management have done to 'ease' the pain is to lay on obnoxious amounts of pizza every Wednesday lunchtime..... I'm not sure they have thought this through fully as I suspect they are going to lose a few developers to heart and artery disease.

There are a few people here who have recognized that the pizza is just a bribe and are boycotting the pizza to make a point. Which beings me to the title of this post...... I eat the pizza..... I cross their picket line..... I am a scab...... but a well fed one :-)