There's A Line Around Here Somewhere

If you manage people who work from home, it's important to keep a close eye on them. For the lone employee, it's easy for things to gradually spiral out of control without enough human contact. I was having my weekly meeting with Smurf, who is working solo in a box somewhere in the UK - we were rounding things up;

"So, anything else we should cover?" I asked.

"Nothing special," he answered, "but I have decided that in a life or death situation where I had to choose between eating a dog I knew, or a person I didn't know, I'd definitely eat the person. I think."

Totally under control. He's good for another four months... at least.