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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
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    8 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
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      8 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. :-)