Topic 'Re: I am not at work today' in forum 'Canadian Chat' - dslreports.com

Re: I am not at work today

Sat, 08 Dec 2012 10:18:37 EDT

Mike2009 posted : Is this the same job you were complaining about not so long ago? Sounds like you like it now.

Re: I am not at work today

Sat, 08 Dec 2012 09:25:51 EDT

donoreo posted : I am off next Friday too. I am also off the Friday after. I will be working the 28th, but taking the 24th off.

I will still have 10 vacation days to use. I can carry them over and even take 5 on cashout :)

It is nice having 4 weeks per year.
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Re: I am not at work today

Sat, 08 Dec 2012 08:39:17 EDT

Tig posted : Just deferred my last week of 2012 vacation to 1Q 2013. Busy is good. Looking forward to ice fishing season.

Re: I am not at work today

Sat, 08 Dec 2012 03:09:37 EDT

IsItDoneYet posted : Fridays are my mondays, which sucks but the flip side is sundays are my fridays so enjoy my friday tomorrow suckers.
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Re: I am not at work today

Fri, 07 Dec 2012 22:40:47 EDT

pnjunction posted : I haven't used a vacation day yet this year. Two weeks off for the holidays is going to go down pretty smooth, and I'll still have an extra two weeks carrying over to next year.

I'd like to think I'll take it easier next year and get some of my personal affairs in better order but it's looking like work will be just as intense, both the fun and the pressure.

Re: I am not at work today

Fri, 07 Dec 2012 20:44:24 EDT

DKS posted :

said by Thane_Bitter:

said by DKS:

I have been home for three days with the intestinal flu. I thought I was dying.

Yuk, to quote Python "really opens up the sluices at both ends".

Probably Norovirus, which is making the rounds in our area. And I probably picked it up here. The timing is right. I was there on Monday. And on one of the infected units.
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Re: I am not at work today

Fri, 07 Dec 2012 19:21:46 EDT

LazMan posted : Knocked off at 13:00 today, ran some errands... Cooking breakfast for 90 next weekend, so ordered a bunch of meat and stuff.

I'm done working Fridays for the year, too!

Re: I am not at work today

Fri, 07 Dec 2012 19:16:06 EDT

Serbtastic posted : I just finished work for the day (7:15 pm), and I was supposed to be done at 5 pm.

Time for a beer or 6.

Re: I am not at work today

Fri, 07 Dec 2012 18:38:35 EDT

Thane_Bitter posted :

said by Toastertech:

I'm not at work too, although it is because I was laid off last week. :(

Terrible, I am sorry to hear that.

Re: I am not at work today

Fri, 07 Dec 2012 18:37:43 EDT

Thane_Bitter posted :

said by DKS:

I have been home for three days with the intestinal flu. I thought I was dying.

Yuk, to quote Python "really opens up the sluices at both ends".

Re: I am not at work today

Fri, 07 Dec 2012 17:20:16 EDT

peterboro posted :

said by nitzguy:

Umm...I'd trade you whatever your schedule was for mine in a heartbeat for the next 3 weeks coming up :)....but I've been there....nothing beats working a Canada Day from 7am to 8pm with no break....because some electrician was stupid....

I love to hear from employees like you, and have it so easy compared to small business owners like myself who often work 7 days a week.

Your life would be like going on a vacation for some of us. :p

Re: I am not at work today

Fri, 07 Dec 2012 17:15:59 EDT

nitzguy posted :

said by donoreo:

said by nitzguy:

Well, in my little corner of the galaxy, I just came off a 12 hour shift last night (6pm-630am...) to go to another one for tonight, yay!....

Unfortunately I must wear pants and a suit to my work....I'd kill to just run around in shorts and a t-shirt just once...even in December!

So go back to enjoying your weekends off while suckers like me work.

...Is that enough bickering? :)

I have worked the past three Saturday nights. Starting at 6 PM until 1 or 2:30 last week, then up again at 5:30 Sunday morning to finish (the DBA was working in the meantime).

Yes, fix our networks! :) lol...or fix our servers! :)

Umm...I'd trade you whatever your schedule was for mine in a heartbeat for the next 3 weeks coming up :)....but I've been there....nothing beats working a Canada Day from 7am to 8pm with no break....because some electrician was stupid....

Re: I am not at work today

Fri, 07 Dec 2012 16:58:51 EDT

donoreo posted :

said by nitzguy:

I have worked the past three Saturday nights. Starting at 6 PM until 1 or 2:30 last week, then up again at 5:30 Sunday morning to finish (the DBA was working in the meantime).
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The irony of common sense, it is not that common.
I cannot deny anything I did not say.
A kitten dies every time someone uses "then" and "than" incorrectly.
I mock people who give their children odd spelling of names.

Re: I am not at work today

Fri, 07 Dec 2012 16:39:02 EDT

nitzguy posted : Well, in my little corner of the galaxy, I just came off a 12 hour shift last night (6pm-630am...) to go to another one for tonight, yay!....

Unfortunately I must wear pants and a suit to my work....I'd kill to just run around in shorts and a t-shirt just once...even in December!

So go back to enjoying your weekends off while suckers like me work.

...Is that enough bickering? :)

Re: I am not at work today

Fri, 07 Dec 2012 16:23:37 EDT

donoreo posted : I have no gone anywhere, yet I had planned to. I did some Christmas shopping, online.

I vacuumed. I washed the kitchen and bathroom floors.

I watched 30 minutes of Bing Bang Theory bloopers on Youtube.

Re: I am not at work today

Fri, 07 Dec 2012 16:13:11 EDT

Gone posted :

said by DKS:

I have been home for three days with the intestinal flu. I thought I was dying. I lived. Carry on.

My father-in-law had the same flu yet he continued to try and drag himself to work despite us yelling at him to get his ass to bed.

Now we're in Ottawa, waiting for a baby to be born, instead of at work.

Re: I am not at work today

Fri, 07 Dec 2012 15:33:51 EDT

A Lurker posted : I'm not at work today either. I put up the outside Christmas lights, did errands, had lunch, visited with some people I haven't seen in a month. Sheesh, almost as busy as if I'd been at work. :-)

Re: I am not at work today

Fri, 07 Dec 2012 15:29:10 EDT

Toastertech posted : I'm not at work too, although it is because I was laid off last week. :(

Re: I am not at work today

Fri, 07 Dec 2012 15:09:34 EDT

DKS posted : I have been home for three days with the intestinal flu. I thought I was dying. I lived. Carry on.
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Need-based health care not greed-based health care.

Re: I am not at work today

Fri, 07 Dec 2012 14:48:42 EDT

peterboro posted :

said by Last Parade:

I'm gonna be shacked up in a hotel in Kingston for a week. But today I am not at work either!

So I'm safe for at least a a week.

Re: I am not at work today

Fri, 07 Dec 2012 14:48:11 EDT

peterboro posted :

said by donoreo:

Please, continue with the petty bickering. :)

Did I ever stop. ;)

Friday before Christmas must be quite the charm getting around the GTA and all the shoppers. You picked a good day.

Re: I am not at work today

Fri, 07 Dec 2012 12:34:56 EDT

EUS posted : I like Fridays, 2:30 is quittin' time.

Re: I am not at work today

Fri, 07 Dec 2012 12:29:17 EDT

Last Parade posted : I'm gonna be shacked up in a hotel in Kingston for a week. But today I am not at work either!

I am not at work today

Fri, 07 Dec 2012 12:27:45 EDT

donoreo posted : I worked overnight Thursday at 2 AM for an upgrade so I worked from home yesterday (wooohoooo no pants!) and I am on a vacation day today.

I just wanted to mention this.

It has been quite busy and people have been a little stressed at work recently as we have been on a big push to solve some production problems. I have been on call for slightly longer than two weeks as well.

It is nice today.

Please, continue with the petty bickering. :)
--
The irony of common sense, it is not that common.
I cannot deny anything I did not say.
A kitten dies every time someone uses "then" and "than" incorrectly.
I mock people who give their children odd spelling of names.