# Um, HELLO, it's the day before the day before Thanksgiving! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 23, 2004, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-hello-its-the-day-before-the-day-before-thanksgiving/276310 "2004-11-23T17:32:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![auntie\_em](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@auntie\_em](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auntie_em)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-hello-its-the-day-before-the-day-before-thanksgiving/276310/1 "2004-11-23T17:32:28Z")
Am I the only one who feels like even though I am physically present at work today, I shouldn’t have to do any actual work, because it’s almost a holiday and it seems like 90% of the people around here have already packed up their mini-vans and headed to Grandma’s? Every time someone gives me something to work on, I feel this tiny self-righteous chunk of indignation. Today is for surfing the internet, dammit! ---
**Author:** ![Exgineer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Exgineer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exgineer)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-hello-its-the-day-before-the-day-before-thanksgiving/276310/2 "2004-11-23T17:36:34Z")
Not only do I resent working today, I’m also going to resent working tomorrow. I’m _really_ going to resent working on Friday. ---
**Author:** ![XJETGIRLX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9fc29f/32.png) [@XJETGIRLX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XJETGIRLX)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-hello-its-the-day-before-the-day-before-thanksgiving/276310/3 "2004-11-23T17:38:51Z")
hear, hear! So far at work today I have: surfed the boards watched the news tried to win a zen media player offered by American Express by clicking on the button on their website at exactly noon (no dice) spun around in my chair. a lot. eaten a pb&j sammach printed out a new ginger pumpkin pie recipe to make tomorrow to bring with me for the festivities I wonder why I even bothered to come in today? ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-hello-its-the-day-before-the-day-before-thanksgiving/276310/4 "2004-11-23T17:40:58Z")
Me too, I haven’t gotten very much done at all today. The office is half-empty, my Sametime list is just about deserted, and I don’t have a lot of motivation. But I am telecommuting in tomorrow, so it really feels like the day before, instead of the day before the day before. ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-hello-its-the-day-before-the-day-before-thanksgiving/276310/5 "2004-11-23T17:42:17Z")
It’s really hard to look really busy when you’ve got lots to do but don’t want to do any of it. I think. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-hello-its-the-day-before-the-day-before-thanksgiving/276310/6 "2004-11-23T17:43:39Z")
Eh … I have to work on Thanksgiving day. I’m also too broke to go buy some food to make myself a little meal to take with me on Thanksgiving day. My paycheck can’t be deposited until Thursday and since the banks will be closed that means I won’t be able to eat until Friday so, I say, BAH HUMBUG! ---
**Author:** ![auntie\_em](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@auntie\_em](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auntie_em)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-hello-its-the-day-before-the-day-before-thanksgiving/276310/7 "2004-11-23T17:43:56Z")
> [@Exgineer](#): > > Not only do I resent working today, I’m also going to resent working tomorrow. > > I’m _really_ going to resent working on Friday. Tomorrow this place (my work, not the SDMB) is going to be a ghost town. Not ONE of the people to whom I report will be in–and not very many other people I know, either. I mentioned to one of my bosses that I would be the only one here, and she said, “Eh, so you’ll take off early.” Would 9 am be too early, you think? ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-hello-its-the-day-before-the-day-before-thanksgiving/276310/8 "2004-11-23T17:50:40Z")
I _do_ have some work … but it’s nothing time-sensitive. My boss is on vacation, too. She’s my main motivation for actually working on every other day, as I sit directly in front of her office and all she has to do is raise her head to see me. The rest of the department is actually quite busy, but I don’t have much to do. I have posted to the boards more in the last two days than I have in the last two months, I think. (Post #1,000, here I come!) Tomorrow will be even worse. It’s extraordinarily unlikely I’ll get to leave early, but I fully expect the whole department to give up the ghost around 2 p.m. ---
**Author:** ![Oy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bc8723/32.png) [@Oy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oy)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-hello-its-the-day-before-the-day-before-thanksgiving/276310/9 "2004-11-23T17:51:22Z")
> [@Wile E](#): > > Eh … I have to work on Thanksgiving day. I’m also too broke to go buy some food to make myself a little meal to take with me on Thanksgiving day. My paycheck can’t be deposited until Thursday and since the banks will be closed that means I won’t be able to eat until Friday so, I say, BAH HUMBUG! **Wile E** , if you have a Pay Pal account, I would be happy to send you $20 to get you through. Email me if you want. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-hello-its-the-day-before-the-day-before-thanksgiving/276310/10 "2004-11-23T17:56:24Z")
> [@Exgineer](#): > > I’m _really_ going to resent working on Friday. The first time I worked for my company, we had to work the Friday. None of our clients do. A television and the CU-Nebraska game was standard. When I came back, I found that the boss finally gave up. I guess he figured that if he was paying us to do nothing, he might just as well pay us to stay home. ---
**Author:** ![Exgineer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Exgineer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exgineer)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-hello-its-the-day-before-the-day-before-thanksgiving/276310/11 "2004-11-23T17:56:38Z")
> [@auntie em](#): > > Would 9 am be too early, you think? On the contrary, I think that would show admirable commitment. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-hello-its-the-day-before-the-day-before-thanksgiving/276310/12 "2004-11-23T17:57:21Z")
Um… It’s _Tuesday_? Thanksgiving isn’t until Thursday. Shouldn’t this rant be saved for tomorrow? ---
**Author:** ![AsecretK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ab992/32.png) [@AsecretK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AsecretK)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-hello-its-the-day-before-the-day-before-thanksgiving/276310/13 "2004-11-23T17:57:30Z")
I feel the same way. I have done no work at all today. I can not concentrate on anything other than SDMB and internet surfing. My mind is drifting to the long awaited 4 day weekend. I have to work tomorrow on my birthday so that really sucks. And I am sure tomorrow like every other “day before the holiday work day” the big boss from up front will stop around and tell all the managers and directors that they can let there people go for the day since he is now leaving. Of course he will tell them this at 2 pm and my boss will tell me I can leave at 4 pm :mad: ---
**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 23, 2004, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-hello-its-the-day-before-the-day-before-thanksgiving/276310/14 "2004-11-23T17:59:55Z")
I’ll be working Thanksgiving. Last year I worked Xmas and New Year. Just another day at work for me. ---
**Author:** ![auntie\_em](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@auntie\_em](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auntie_em)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-hello-its-the-day-before-the-day-before-thanksgiving/276310/15 "2004-11-23T18:01:55Z")
> [@Oy!](#): > > **Wile E** , if you have a Pay Pal account, I would be happy to send you $20 to get you through. Email me if you want. **Oy!** , you rock. Here I started a thread just to complain that Insta-Princess is not getting her way, and you’re actually helping out your fellow person. Now I’m feeling all Linus (you know how he’s always the one to come out with the true meaning of whatever season Charlie Brown and the gang are celebrating). 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![auntie\_em](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@auntie\_em](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auntie_em)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-hello-its-the-day-before-the-day-before-thanksgiving/276310/16 "2004-11-23T18:03:51Z")
> [@BrotherCadfael](#): > > Um… > > It’s _Tuesday_? Thanksgiving isn’t until Thursday. Shouldn’t this rant be saved for tomorrow? I’m sure I’ll be ranting tomorrow, too, but hey–I’m feelin’ it today! (I do see your point, though–my thread title was kind of meant to be a tongue-in-cheek indication of that very point.) ---
**Author:** ![auntie\_em](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@auntie\_em](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auntie_em)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-hello-its-the-day-before-the-day-before-thanksgiving/276310/17 "2004-11-23T18:05:56Z")
> [@AsecretK](#): > > I feel the same way. I have done no work at all today. I can not concentrate on anything other than SDMB and internet surfing. My mind is drifting to the long awaited 4 day weekend. I have to work tomorrow on my birthday so that really sucks. And I am sure tomorrow like every other “day before the holiday work day” the big boss from up front will stop around and tell all the managers and directors that they can let there people go for the day since he is now leaving. Of course he will tell them this at 2 pm and my boss will tell me I can leave at 4 pm :mad: Maybe you should just make a point of sticking close to your manager, so that when the announcement comes at 2:00, you’ll be right there and can say, “Great! I’ll go tell everyone!” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-hello-its-the-day-before-the-day-before-thanksgiving/276310/18 "2004-11-23T18:09:22Z")
Meh, I kinda have a software development deadline, so I’m actually working a little. ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-hello-its-the-day-before-the-day-before-thanksgiving/276310/19 "2004-11-23T18:14:37Z")
> [@CandidGamera](#): > > Meh, I kinda have a software development deadline, so I’m actually working a little. _Traitor!!!_ Get outta this thread!! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![auntie\_em](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@auntie\_em](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auntie_em)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-hello-its-the-day-before-the-day-before-thanksgiving/276310/20 "2004-11-23T18:16:20Z")
> [@Tapioca Dextrin](#): > > I’ll be working Thanksgiving. Last year I worked Xmas and New Year. Just another day at work for me. Do you mind if I ask what you do? I mean, is it a situation where you and your coworkers rotate working on holidays, or do you always just have to work holidays? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/um-hello-its-the-day-before-the-day-before-thanksgiving/276310.md?page=2)