Pick your fighter: it's 6pm in Bangkok and your US client Slacks «quick sync before EOD?» Pick 2 versions of you that actually show up.

Options

• Camera on, smoothie bowl in frame, pretending it's morning.
• Voice note from a café pretending the espresso machine is «office noise.»
• «Sorry, bad connection» until their EOD passes.
• Hero mode — take the call, fix the deck, cry later.
• Boundary person: «I'm offline, async doc in the morning.»
• The version who moved time zones twice to avoid this.
• Accept, then bill it as overtime (if you still can).
• Mute, type «100%», order pad thai, log off spiritually.