Murphy’s (Revised) Law

The other day I wanted to go home on time, I wasn’t selfish, I didn’t want to leave work early, just on time. So, almost inevitably, an hour before close of play a software problem arose which I was obliged to stay and fix.

So why do these problems always occur last thing in the day, and why hasn’t anyone coined a law for it ? Murphy’s law is too general, this the more specific:

“If you have somewhere to go, something will break and prevent you going there, the severity of the problem will be proportional to the importance of your appointment, and inversely proportional to the complexity of the cause, and the time you have to fix it.”

To put it another way:
If you have somewhere really important to be, a really critical problem will occur, caused by a stupid thing, minutes before you have to leave.”

So, I call for a new law, or a revision to Murphy’s law, if anyone knows who I should contact, and which forms I should fill in, please get in touch; but don’t leave it until the end of the day!