NO, THE GUTI ARE NOT AN EXCUSE! — The leaked tablets of the governor who wanted the harvest in with the barbarians at the gate
Some 4,300 years ago a governor of Akkad put in writing the order any worker would recognise on the spot: bring in the harvest, and don't come to me with 'there was an invasion.' The tablet, leaked, proves the boss who won't take excuses is older than the wheel.