Who really cares what it bodes?
Claim some overtime if you go over the threshold. See if they pay you or find some excuse not to. Then go home to your cold beer and forget them for a few days.
Interestingly that time of year also coincides with flu season. What rotten luck!
PS.... Merikans: harden up, princesses, you sound like a bunch of whining pussies! Is it because you lost,
scoreless, to the Great White North yesterday?