in the case I'm thinking of, a CEO was used to micromanaging 24/7 for years and needed to take some time off for sanity, health, family and travel, then decided

in the case I'm thinking of, a CEO was used to micromanaging 24/7 for years and needed to take some time off for sanity, health, family and travel, then decided to take months away to live in the islands; so eventually they just ignored all emails for a week or two and picked a day at random to unload a billion random micro-tasks.