# Check in here if you are working on Christmas **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 25, 2014, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-in-here-if-you-are-working-on-christmas/708155 "2014-12-25T16:08:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2014, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-in-here-if-you-are-working-on-christmas/708155/1 "2014-12-25T16:08:37Z")
Head of security at a trucking facility. As I like to put it, I go to work on Christmas so that the thieves can take the holiday off to be with their families. I’m the only one here except for the (very) occasional trucker coming in to drop off the rig and go home to the family. Got the radio turned up, the newest Pendergast novel at hand and breakfast pizza to snack on. ---
**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:** [December 25, 2014, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-in-here-if-you-are-working-on-christmas/708155/2 "2014-12-25T16:15:13Z")
I’m doing my thing on my oil rig - just another day, albeit with Turkey and Ham. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2014, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-in-here-if-you-are-working-on-christmas/708155/3 "2014-12-25T16:17:18Z")
I’m not working, but my two sisters are. They both work in hospitals, so somebody has to be there. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2014, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-in-here-if-you-are-working-on-christmas/708155/4 "2014-12-25T16:28:41Z")
Fuse Tender First Class for the USPS, just sitting here with a couple other guys, waiting for something to break so we can ruin somebody’s Christmas and make them go into the office and fix it. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2014, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-in-here-if-you-are-working-on-christmas/708155/5 "2014-12-25T16:37:44Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > Fuse Tender First Class for the USPS, just sitting here with a couple other guys, waiting for something to break so we can ruin somebody’s Christmas and make them go into the office and fix it. What does a “Fuse Tender” do? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2014, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-in-here-if-you-are-working-on-christmas/708155/6 "2014-12-25T16:38:24Z")
I haven’t “worked” at a job-type thing since 2000 but I spend most of my days every day doing what I’m doing now, with a large percentage of the time right here at SDMB. My record speaks for itself. Merry Christmas, All! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2014, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-in-here-if-you-are-working-on-christmas/708155/7 "2014-12-25T16:44:51Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > What does a “Fuse Tender” do? He tends fuses. Most likely, a reference to [Our Hero Bill.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill,_the_Galactic_Hero) ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2014, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-in-here-if-you-are-working-on-christmas/708155/8 "2014-12-25T17:03:07Z")
Not a full day, but I’ll be popping into the office in a little while, just to update one of the ads on our LED billboard. I work in marketing (copy writing, graphic design, animation) for an ophthalmology practice. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2014, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-in-here-if-you-are-working-on-christmas/708155/9 "2014-12-25T17:20:01Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > What does a “Fuse Tender” do? I wait for something to break, and then I try to fix it. If I can’t, I toss the issue over the fence to somebody who can. And, yes, it’s a Bill the Galactic Hero reference. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2014, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-in-here-if-you-are-working-on-christmas/708155/10 "2014-12-25T17:31:54Z")
I’m not working at an official job, but I’m doing some work on music arrangements today. Gotta have that Christmas music arranged for next year’s season. ---
**Author:** ![maisoui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@maisoui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maisoui)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2014, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-in-here-if-you-are-working-on-christmas/708155/11 "2014-12-25T18:46:16Z")
Medical transcriptionist here… care plans gotta get on the charts, even on Christmas. I’ve worked in various positions in patient care areas of hospitals for a decade and this is my first Christmas Day, so I figure I’m due… Usually I work on site (mostly I edit other MTs’ notes and the “old fart” docs will send corrections on pieces of paper) but I’m at home today, so that’s nice… I did half my day before my teens woke up! :0) ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2014, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-in-here-if-you-are-working-on-christmas/708155/12 "2014-12-25T18:51:59Z")
I work from home answering the phones - customer service kind of thing. I will be working my regular hours but I expect few calls. ---
**Author:** ![Emtar\_KronJonDerSohn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/58956e/32.png) [@Emtar\_KronJonDerSohn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emtar_KronJonDerSohn)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2014, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-in-here-if-you-are-working-on-christmas/708155/13 "2014-12-25T19:07:23Z")
Christmas _is_ work. ---
**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:** [December 25, 2014, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-in-here-if-you-are-working-on-christmas/708155/14 "2014-12-25T19:10:08Z")
Festivus doesn’t clean up after itself, you know ---
**Author:** ![Mangosteen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2014, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-in-here-if-you-are-working-on-christmas/708155/15 "2014-12-25T19:29:39Z")
My daughter left early this morning for her job at Disneyland. The “happiest place on earth” never closes. Promises to be packed today. ---
**Author:** ![brachyrhynchos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brachyrhynchos/32/376_2.png) [@brachyrhynchos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brachyrhynchos)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2014, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-in-here-if-you-are-working-on-christmas/708155/16 "2014-12-25T20:01:46Z")
Just need to pop into the lab to check how many mosquitoes are dead (longevity experiment). ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2014, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-in-here-if-you-are-working-on-christmas/708155/17 "2014-12-25T20:42:43Z")
We had tickets for _Into the Woods,_ which I bought online from “Fandango.” We went to the theater, only to discover that there’s no mention of it on the marquee, and the girl at the window knew nothing about it. It’s playing at another theater, in the opposite direction, but my partner just wanted to go home (He gets that way when plans fall through). So I figure, as long as I’m home I might as well do some work. Maybe get some Chinese carry-out later. ---
**Author:** ![Shaggy\_Z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@Shaggy\_Z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shaggy_Z)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2014, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-in-here-if-you-are-working-on-christmas/708155/18 "2014-12-25T21:44:17Z")
Half way through a 12-hr shift. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2014, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-in-here-if-you-are-working-on-christmas/708155/19 "2014-12-25T22:00:57Z")
Been trying to teach myself how to tie a bowtie while waiting for the shift to end…and came close to having to call 911 twice. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2014, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-in-here-if-you-are-working-on-christmas/708155/20 "2014-12-25T22:58:08Z")
I work at home for various companies doing multiple kinds of work including web writing. One of them offered a full day with overtime so I jumped at it. We’re off to our Jewish Christmas of Chinese food in a few minutes. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/check-in-here-if-you-are-working-on-christmas/708155.md?page=2)