Bunkering down
Nov. 17th, 2010 01:03 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bktheirregularToday marks the anniversary of the 1973 Athens Polytechnic uprising, which basically was the beginning of the end of the junta that had taken power in 1967.
The modern tradition involves remembrances (there was violent reaction from junta forces), and a march from the Polytechnic Institute to the US embassy (the US supported the junta; not our finest hour by a long shot). Given what's happened in marches earlier this year, the cops are on high alert, and metro stations along the march route are closing down.
My office is right smack in the middle of town, right between two streets used as primary protest march routes ... and less than two blocks away from the fatal bank fire from the May riot. So word came down from the senior partners about noon-ish: Unless you're working on something critical that you can't take with you and work on from home, you should be out of the office by one o'clock for your own safety.
Then about two minutes later: On second thought, there's nothing important enough to keep any of you in the office past one o'clock.
So here I am. Out of the workplace danger zone, but one block from the main march route to the US embassy. Looks like I'm gonna be a shut-in today.
The modern tradition involves remembrances (there was violent reaction from junta forces), and a march from the Polytechnic Institute to the US embassy (the US supported the junta; not our finest hour by a long shot). Given what's happened in marches earlier this year, the cops are on high alert, and metro stations along the march route are closing down.
My office is right smack in the middle of town, right between two streets used as primary protest march routes ... and less than two blocks away from the fatal bank fire from the May riot. So word came down from the senior partners about noon-ish: Unless you're working on something critical that you can't take with you and work on from home, you should be out of the office by one o'clock for your own safety.
Then about two minutes later: On second thought, there's nothing important enough to keep any of you in the office past one o'clock.
So here I am. Out of the workplace danger zone, but one block from the main march route to the US embassy. Looks like I'm gonna be a shut-in today.
