Microsoft Outlook has been down for several hours today, which means everyday workers have moved to social media to joke about it.

A massive North America outage of Outlook, one of the largest business email providers, has brought much of corporate America to a standstill, unable to receive or send out messages through the platform.

Users began reporting outages beginning at 12:16 p.m. ET Thursday, with more than 130,000 reports by 12:30 p.m., according to Down Detector. While outages are often resolved relatively quickly, this particular outage seems to be persisting well into the workday.

The X account for Microsoft 365’s status has been feverishly documenting the company’s efforts to get the service back up and running.

But as Microsoft works diligently to restore service, social media users are treating the outage as an unscheduled break.

“Millennials be like “I needed this” and it’s just Outlook being down,” one user joked on Threads.

For many, the break has been a chance to rediscover the beauty of life outside of the constraints of constant corporate connectivity—often synonymous with platforms like Outlook.

How life feels when Microsoft is experiencing a global Outlook outage pic.twitter.com/W1pNrMYTox

“How life feels when Microsoft is experiencing a global Outlook outage,” one user said on X, alongside a photo of flying dolphins surrounded by rainbows.

Others joked about the reasons behind the outage, including a corporate account popular for starting drama: Wendy’s.

“Is outlook down bc that guy cheated on his wife,” the Wendy’s X account said , in reference to the ongoing Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang affair scandals.

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