Offline file error shutting down when I am at home

I prefer to have my files sync when I login and logout so I don't miss
anything by mistake. One thing that bothers me is shutting down when I am
away from the office and have Internet access or some network connection.
The notebook tries to sync with the server even though it never had access
to it on that session.

If I just got an error message and it went away that would be great, but it
just sits there waiting for an answer and sometimes in my haste I close up
the laptop at home and don't realize I drained my battery until I need to
drag out the power cord.

Is there a way to make this error time out after a few second?