# Any other Americans at work today? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 29, 2002, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-other-americans-at-work-today/139506 "2002-11-29T16:09:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2002, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-other-americans-at-work-today/139506/21 "2002-11-29T22:14:35Z")
I’m working, but not very hard. Very few people expect us to be open, so there aren’t many calls. This leaves me with some free time, which ideally I could use to get something done, but unfortunately most of the people I’d like to be calling are closed too. Such is life. **Milo** , at least you _do_ get New Year’s Day off. I don’t, but I don’t imagine many people here expect to get much out of me that day anyway. ---
**Author:** ![dwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwyr/32/363_2.png) [@dwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwyr)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2002, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-other-americans-at-work-today/139506/22 "2002-11-30T00:37:36Z")
Yep, here I be. 'Cause hospitals never close. But boy is it slow. I’m averaging about two specimens an hour. Midnight is a long way away. Sigh. ---
**Author:** ![beckwall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b487fb/32.png) [@beckwall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beckwall)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2002, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-other-americans-at-work-today/139506/23 "2002-11-30T00:46:19Z")
Working Wed. thru Sunday this week, how the hell did I get so lucky??? Drove about 100 miles today, saw 6 home health patients, and hey **dwyr** , I dropped off some blood draws at the local hospital lab (I assume that’s where you work). Avoided the malls like the plague, but still managed to get caught in crazy traffic. Made it home in time to nap a bit, and now I wait for the fax to spew out my schedule for tomorrow. Who said nurses don’t rock? ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2002, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-other-americans-at-work-today/139506/24 "2002-11-30T00:47:57Z")
I did a little bit of work today. Remodel on a home. I’m contracting it and doing about half the work myself. Since no one else was going to be there today, I took the opportunity for a little touch up on the tile work without any interruptions. Then, I went shopping for some tools! Hahahahahaha! Then, I played. Does any of that count? ---
**Author:** ![WSLer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a6a055/32.png) [@WSLer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WSLer)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2002, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-other-americans-at-work-today/139506/25 "2002-11-30T01:04:33Z")
I was at work at 5:40 this morning, thank you very much. But if the rest of peak is like today was, I’m gonna be certifiable in about 2 weeks. ---
**Author:** ![butter\_pie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aca169/32.png) [@butter\_pie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butter_pie)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2002, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-other-americans-at-work-today/139506/26 "2002-11-30T01:06:43Z")
I work retail so yeah, I worked today. I also have to work tomorrow, because I have a painting to finish. ---
**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2002, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-other-americans-at-work-today/139506/27 "2002-11-30T02:01:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Exgineer \* > > **TVeblen** , I got a _crap-load_ done today. The phone didn’t ring, I got no whining e-mail… > > Where in hell do you work? \*\* At a library. It was great having a break from the constant phone calls, interruptions, etc. so I could chip away at my mountain of paperwork. Trouble is, most of it’s dreary, never-ending stuff. I made a lot of progress but it didn’t _feel_ like it because it never really goes away off my desk. It’s just more caught up. Somehow I can never count that as “getting done” because it never is. The rest needed some sort of outside contact with City Hall–which was closed. Sigh. I’m just gritching. It was actually a pretty productive day; it just didn’t seem to make enough difference. Veb ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2002, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-other-americans-at-work-today/139506/28 "2002-11-30T12:33:56Z")
Well, I worked TGday. And Friday. I’ll also be working through Xmas and NY. Someone has to keep the oil flowing. We do get as much fried turkey as we can gobble down though. ---
**Author:** ![TheNerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/858c86/32.png) [@TheNerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheNerd)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2002, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-other-americans-at-work-today/139506/29 "2002-11-30T15:01:18Z")
Much to my surprise, I did not work on Thursday or Friday. However, I’m posting from work now. It’s pretty dead here, but there are other people here trying to dig themselves out from under impending deadlines. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-other-americans-at-work-today/139506.md?page=1)