Raise your hand if you have to go work on Martin Luther King's b-day
Raise your hand if you have to go work on Martin Luther King's b-day
#0Raise your hand if you have to go work on Martin Luther King's b-day
Posted: 1/15/06 at 12:00pm
ME
My wife on the other hand, gets the day off.
#1re: Raise your hand if you have to go work on Martin Luther King's b-day
Posted: 1/15/06 at 12:02pmI do but the majority of my company is off.
#2re: Raise your hand if you have to go work on Martin Luther King's b-day
Posted: 1/15/06 at 12:07pmI wanted to take the day off, but I need the benjamins.
#3re: Raise your hand if you have to go work on Martin Luther King's b-day
Posted: 1/15/06 at 12:08pm
Kinda...
I have to work, but my work will be taking kids out to play in NYC. But that's everyday for me.
#4re: Raise your hand if you have to go work on Martin Luther King's b-day
Posted: 1/15/06 at 12:12pmwe're off....as we serve the K12 market, there is no one to do business with
#5re: Raise your hand if you have to go work on Martin Luther King's b-day
Posted: 1/15/06 at 12:15pm
I am right there with you, Spider.
I'm working and my wife is off.
#6re: Raise your hand if you have to go work on Martin Luther King's b-day
Posted: 1/15/06 at 12:24pmI'll be there. **grumbles**
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SueleenGay
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/9/03
#7re: Raise your hand if you have to go work on Martin Luther King's b-day
Posted: 1/15/06 at 12:24pmI will be the clown at his party making balloon animals...stop by and say hi.
ShbrtAlley44
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/1/03
#8re: Raise your hand if you have to go work on Martin Luther King's b-day
Posted: 1/15/06 at 12:24pmI have to go to my temp job. Does that count? I have to transcribe a focus group while they're talking. I'm scared sh*tless. I type really fast, but not that fast.
#9re: Raise your hand if you have to go work on Martin Luther King's b-day
Posted: 1/15/06 at 12:24pm
I actually get it off!
But, my co-workers in Cedar Rapids, Iowa don't.
One point for diversity.
#10re: Raise your hand if you have to go work on Martin Luther King's b-day
Posted: 1/15/06 at 12:29pmyouwant, my head office in just outside of Detroit......they and all offices of the company worldwide, are closed
#11re: Raise your hand if you have to go work on Martin Luther King's b-day
Posted: 1/15/06 at 12:58pm
Elphaba, that is because your company is run by folks who might in fact be sensitive to how being open tomorrow would seem to its employees.
We were acquired a few years back, with the management of the acquirer centered in where someone actually told me that "we don't have any real racial issues here . . ."
Well, maybe it is because you have a whole lot of white people there, and not much else.
We had the holiday when we were acquired. They did not have it. They let us keep it out of the goodness of their hearts and because our offices happen to have a very large non-anglo work force. Those that did not have it, still do not get it.
OK - off my Rant.
I need to find a new job in a smaller company!
Updated On: 1/15/06 at 12:58 PM
#12re: Raise your hand if you have to go work on Martin Luther King's b-day
Posted: 1/15/06 at 1:11pmWhen school is out, the parents book me for private sessions. I am always twice as busy on holidays.
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#13re: Raise your hand if you have to go work on Martin Luther King's b-day
Posted: 1/15/06 at 4:36pm
I second the Spiderman
My boss is ultra cheap if you know what I mean
Corine2
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/14/03
#14re: Raise your hand if you have to go work on Martin Luther King's b-day
Posted: 1/15/06 at 4:38pm
My company is open, but since I am exhausted, I am taking a vacation day. 
Plum
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/4/04
#15re: Raise your hand if you have to go work on Martin Luther King's b-day
Posted: 1/15/06 at 4:40pm
HA.
The day my school actually acknowledges a national holiday other than Christmas, I'll be sure to be on the lookout for four horsemen.
Updated On: 1/15/06 at 04:40 PM
#16re: Raise your hand if you have to go work on Martin Luther King's b-day
Posted: 1/15/06 at 5:47pmi'll be working...dammit
#17re: Raise your hand if you have to go work on Martin Luther King's b-day
Posted: 1/15/06 at 6:43pmI'm working, but my husband isn't. Since I work in a library that only employs 5 people, we generally vote on whether to be off or not, but my boss didn't even ask. I took a full two weeks off for Christmas though so I don't feel okay about asking for any time off for a while.
#18re: Raise your hand if you have to go work on Martin Luther King's b-day
Posted: 1/15/06 at 6:46pmOn campus, MLK Day is "a day on, not a day off!" (Translation - we're supposed to use our day out of class to do something positive for the community, following King's example.) However, I feel my community will probably best be served by my staying indoors with what is officially The World's Worst Head Cold. In years past, though, I've participated in some of the special service projects for the day and had a blast. Much better than going to class.
Yawper
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/13/04
#19re: Raise your hand if you have to go work on Martin Luther King's b-day
Posted: 1/15/06 at 8:51pmmy company's 24/7/365 - we only have six holidays that are staffed voluntarily - Memorial Day, 4th of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Xmas, and New Year's - all else are standard hours
#20re: Raise your hand if you have to go work on Martin Luther King's b-day
Posted: 1/15/06 at 9:06pmYawper, you work for an ISP or internet-related company?
Yawper
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/13/04
#21re: Raise your hand if you have to go work on Martin Luther King's b-day
Posted: 1/15/06 at 9:20pmno - we do contract work for police departments
#22re: Raise your hand if you have to go work on Martin Luther King's b-day
Posted: 1/15/06 at 9:37pmYikes - no wonder they need you 24/7!
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Joined: 12/31/69
#23re: Raise your hand if you have to go work on Martin Luther King's b-day
Posted: 1/15/06 at 11:13pmAfter a lifetime working for retailers ("Holiday? Oh good, we'll be busy, everybody works!") I am actually in a job now when I get Holidays OFF! I even get International Women's Day off!
#24re: Raise your hand if you have to go work on Martin Luther King's b-day
Posted: 1/15/06 at 11:25pmI think I was originally supposed to have the day off, but the drug coverage from Medicare is not working like it is supposed to and people are PISSED off so they are making us work.
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