Welcome Wednesday: T'was the work item before Christmas...

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Happy Wednesday Everyone!

It’s almost become tradition to do this every year now. People seem to enjoy participating in building a story together a few lines at a time. I’ll kick things off:

The last meeting has finished and the boss is making the rounds telling people to feel free to take off early. Just as you are packing up your phone starts to buzz…

For anyone celebrating Christmas, I hope you have a wonderful day off tomorrow and that Santa is generous to you!

Have a great rest of the week!

[Trudy Claspill]

You debate whether you should answer the phone or pretend you have already left. As a dedicated and professional Atlassian administrator you decide to answer the phone. You barely have a chance to say 'hello' when a frantic voice says "The numbers on my year end reports from Jira are totally wrong!!!!"

...

[Barbara Szczesniak]

Your shoulders sag, and you try not to sigh out loud as you think "So much for leaving early." Instead, you put on your calming voice and say…

[Dave Liao]

I let my phone go to voicemail.

Moments later, I get a chat message: "Quick question for you!" and nothing else.

Of course, this is from a VIP, so I reply... 🫠

EDIT: Whoops, I didn't realize this was supposed to be a story chain! 🫠