Amateur move.

Just before a one month backpacking trip to Sahara desert.

bold of you to assume i notified anyone about the holidays i scheduled three days prior knowing there was a board meeting that would trigger a crunch sprint

you meant the team-bonding company bus trip in the Sahara.

Never deploy on a Friday. Therefore, get it deployed by Thursday.

just this once we're going to have to let it slip until Friday afternoon. 3PM at the absolute latest.

just this once.