.grumbles.

Suddenly I take my job more seriously

Here is the "Force Majeure" section of a trading partner agreement I had to sign recently to start EDI transactions with a company:

"No party shall be liable for any failure to perform its obligation in connection with any transaction or any Document, where such failure results from any act of God or other cause beyond such party's reasonable control (including, without limitation, any mechanical, electronic, or communications failure) which prevents such party from transmitting or receiving any Documents."

.....'any act of God'; Well, I'm glad now that they'll let me slide on missing a batch of transactions if a plague of locusts attacks or it starts raining frogs.