We're staying in town for Thanksgiving, which seems surprising to people until they hear that both sets of parents live within a five mile radius of us.
Which is when I drop the usual bombshell: I work tomorrow.
People who either aren't journalists or haven't hung around me for the better part of a decade are horrified that we work Thanksgiving AND Christmas AND New Year's Eve. "You don't get Thanksgiving off? That's awful."
It's not, actually. First, if we did get Thanksgiving off, you wouldn't get the huge-ass Friday paper loaded with Black Friday ads. Second, there's nothin' like holiday pay. Third, there's the option of taking the holiday later. Fourth, the newsroom's mostly empty and nobody complains when the features section hijacks Online's TV for the National Dog Show.
Hope your Thanksgiving is equally relaxing.
Which is when I drop the usual bombshell: I work tomorrow.
People who either aren't journalists or haven't hung around me for the better part of a decade are horrified that we work Thanksgiving AND Christmas AND New Year's Eve. "You don't get Thanksgiving off? That's awful."
It's not, actually. First, if we did get Thanksgiving off, you wouldn't get the huge-ass Friday paper loaded with Black Friday ads. Second, there's nothin' like holiday pay. Third, there's the option of taking the holiday later. Fourth, the newsroom's mostly empty and nobody complains when the features section hijacks Online's TV for the National Dog Show.
Hope your Thanksgiving is equally relaxing.
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