# Anyone worked on Chistmas day?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-worked-on-chistmas-day/385529>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 25, 2006, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-worked-on-chistmas-day/385529 "2006-12-25T15:31:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slip\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f475e1/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slip\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slip_1)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2006, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-worked-on-chistmas-day/385529/21 "2006-12-26T04:04:30Z")

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I’ve been on call all weekend, including today. But I do get compensation for it.

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**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2006, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-worked-on-chistmas-day/385529/22 "2006-12-26T04:46:11Z")

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I just finished an 11-hour shift with a 45-minute commute, each way. Hence my scuridal rage. Now if you’ll excuse me I have rodents to torture.

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**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2006, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-worked-on-chistmas-day/385529/23 "2006-12-26T07:16:37Z")

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[QUOTE=Skald the Rhymer]  
I just finished an 11-hour shift with a 45-minute commute, each way. Hence my scuridal rage. Now if you’ll excuse me I have rodents to torture.  
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Errr… I’m not sure I want to hear the end of this story. Admittedly my cats have been ceibrating Xmas by killing what ever they can get their paws on, but unless you a cat wth amazing computer skills…

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**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2006, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-worked-on-chistmas-day/385529/24 "2006-12-26T07:49:36Z")

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I did for many years when I was in Radio.

Your local station doesn’t go off the air on Christmas Day. Back when I worked in the business there had to be someone there. I don’t think I got a Christmas Day off until I became Program Director - then I was in charge of the schedules!

But it’s been 17 years since I worked December 25th.

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**Author:** ![Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4da419/32.png) [@Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gala_Matrix_Fire)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2006, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-worked-on-chistmas-day/385529/25 "2006-12-26T12:41:09Z")

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I worked Christmases when I worked for a major phone company. Not only do they not get the day off, but those peaceful family holidays are the busiest phone days of the year.

Then I worked some more Christmases when I was in the Army, with no compensatory pay, but we were supposed to get comp time. Sometimes we even did.

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