Yeah, I'm used to having to switch gears into another task. I'm also used to getting very creative with finding a way forward when that's not possible (the site is down and I don't know what to do about it, and the only people who know are unreachable.)

I had a job for a while that I hated where I never knew what my task was. It would seem clear when given to me, but then I would start and questions would come up and there was nobody to clarify. So I'd have to go back to first principles and try to divine what they wanted me to do, and then execute on that. I was over the moon when I got a better gig and was able to leave that one.