Eight years ago we were a smallish software shop with a killer industrial product. After two buy-outs we are now a fairly independent group in an international corporation. Worldwide, offices have been empty for a year and a half. Refusing the new normal, I had to be kicked me out of our office and forced to work from home about a year later.

The reopening announcement and policy reached me on Thursday for the following Monday. It contained all the usual mandates, but harsher on the unvaxxed. Though encouraged, no mandatory vaxx were being demanded "at this time." With JoeBlow's latest dictates, who knows?

Yesterday I sent a Conditional Acceptance of this policy through registered mail to the point person in U.S. human resources, as well as e-mail copies to her as the principal, and to the group's president and our head of development as agents with a replay deadline of ten days.

This is a legal document, but no lawyers are involved. They deal in statute law, this is common law and is all constitutionally based. It is the law for us commoners. No reply within ten days (in affidavit form!) and they are in default. The expectation is that they will blink first, but if not, then it's on to court for a stop order.

My manager is a really good guy, and sharp. I have a lot of respect for him. Same can be said for the development manager, but he is a true Branch Covidian. I don't know about the president, but I do know that his religion will not let him get jabbed.

Today my manager called to talk about my "letter." I insisted on referring to it as legal document, and that I couldn't talk much since it is now a legal matter. That gave him a bit of a pause, then he let me know that management felt blindsided, and was wondering what had happened to the openness in our team.

Well, I was kind of blindsided by their "guidance" with only four day's notice that did not solicit any comment, or provide for any exceptions. And as far as openness is concerned, the mother corp can take full credit for destroying that. It has done its best to make us fearful and distrustful of each other, and resentful of its treatment of us. Now it expects us all to pull our teams back together by putting us in the same space, but socially apart mind you, and masked and muzzled? Is continued heavy handed, ineffectual measures its idea of how to instill loyalty?

He then tried to convince me that returning to the office is voluntary, so I could simply ignore the rules. True enough, but their existence actually excludes me from the office, which is blatant discrimination. I told him what was being foisted on us was a slippery slope -- by accepting this, corporate will be able to force any medical intervention (and screenings, testing, masking, and injecting are medical interventions) on any employee, anywhere, at any time. Eventually, maybe even on our family members. Why not? What's stopping them? Well, I'm stopping them.

He acknowledged all that, but was confused by what I hoped to achieve with my conditions. I said that if they can answer them satisfactorily, then I will comply. But since they won't be able to satisfy any of them, I expect the policy to be retracted. I could tell that he was somewhat stunned by my audacity, but it felt like he was silently on my side.

Doesn't matter who's with me though, because I am 100% committed now. I admit that I was having doubts yesterday: I wanted to send the e-mail by noon, but put it off until 4:15 before rushing to the post office to sent the letter, err... legal document. Now that I've taken those steps, and battle has been joined, I feel great. I am filled with the strength of righteousness. Please pray for me, pedes.