In what seems to be some sort of bizarre coincidence, the entire IT department has taken the day off tomorrow, according to reports from human resources.

“Yeah, we just kind of didn’t catch it until it was too late,” says Lisa Barry, manager of HR. “I haven’t actually ever seen anything like it: six people just happening to take off the same Tuesday in August.”

Documented reasons for the employee’s annual leave, such as “Parents visiting” and “Preserving the bold legacy of the Alliance at whatever cost”, do not seem to suggest that the internal technical support team were taking an absence to go to some event together. All departments have been advised to take it easy and try not to lose any Word files during the short support hiatus.

“We actually tried to ask a few of them to stay for tomorrow, but many of them got up in arms about having to defend some tree. With the new green initiative we’re taking at the office, I just felt like we couldn’t force them to stay,” says General Manager Todd Harrison. “I’m just happy to see those boys fighting for what they believe in.”

“Those nerds are a fucking cult,” says receptionist Barbara McIntyre. “No way they didn’t plan this. They’re probably doing something with that hacker we keep seeing on the news, Anonymous.”

Many other nearby offices seem to be having a similar problem, and freelance tech support workers have become hard to come by. “I just hope this doesn’t mean I have to stay late tomorrow,” Lisa Barry said at the finish of our interview. “Fucking Battle for Azeroth comes out tomorrow. Not missing that.”