Dec 30 2008
GRRR Again
Ugh so I have another gripe - I know, how shocking. Now, I am Jewish and as such I do not celebrate Christmas (although I do love how joyous and cookie-filled it is). My brother in law is the token Jew in his medical practice and so he is forced to work over Christmas while he colleagues cover Yom Kippur (and clearly they would otherwise take that day off). So, I should not complain when I have to work over Christmas but who are we kidding - I complain about everything. I went to MN for Christmas as I have mentioned several times. When I am at home, I do not think about work. Well, let me re-phrase. I ALWAYS think about work and how sucky it is, but I do not think I should have to work when I am at home. So, when I was emailed with some assignment over Christmas I was pissed. The truth is I was asked to start work at my first job on Rosh Hashanah and I was asked to cite check some brief this year over Yom Kippur. This should not be a surprise (especially since it is a holiday I do not even celebrate) but it is still annoying. Why do people work so much? Doesn’t anyone want to spend time with his/her family??And isn’t the period from Christmas to New Years an unofficial holiday? Offices should be empty, no? I agree. And yet, mine was full. And they were all wearing their business casual to boot. I mean if you are going to make me work on a holi-week, you should at least let me wear comfortable clothes. Enough is enough - tomorrow I wear jammies.
