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Civil Service History: On Oct. 12, 1979 (Columbus Day), government employee George Sullivan goes in to work for a couple of hours to, in his own words, “take care of some unfinished business.”

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    • wander1236@sh.itjust.works
      15·
      7 days ago

      It’s an anti-joke. “Taking care of business” is usually a euphemism for doing something shady, but in this case the guy is literally just taking care of business.

      • Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de
        6·
        7 days ago

        Okay, thanks!

        euphemism for doing something shady

        I assumed something along the line that he was taking care of, ie. completing something nasty, that Columbus started 500 years earlier.

        So classical overthinking. :-)

    • m_‮fOPAEnglish
      6·
      7 days ago

      I think it’s a joke about government workers not wanting to put in extra effort. This employee cares about his job unlike every other one. Kind of a weird joke for The Far Side, though