I was a file clerk for 13 years but only took one vacation. It took me three weeks to catch up from that one week off. it all just piled up and by the time I got caught up I was exhausted and needed another vacation! After that I took mini-vacations by taking Friday and Tuesday off when we had 3 day weekends. It would be almost a week off but not so much catching up.
= > That’s just how I’d feel (frustrated and overwhelmed, but satisfyingly, refreshingly needed). Maybe that’s why “For Better or for Worse” has been my favorite comic strip since it first appeared. I identify with the characters so much. (I even have a son the same age as Michael.)
One man took a vacation a few years back, so we piled everything on his desk – even dragging stuff out of storage and piling in on his desk.When he returned, he could hardly see his desk!
What makes Elly think they missed her? Apparently, all the work she would have done, she is still going to have to do. She was only gone a few days. I’m sure the kids want to know who won the contest. AND I know the aren’t paying overtime, much less double or triple.
Salinasong about 11 years ago
I was a file clerk for 13 years but only took one vacation. It took me three weeks to catch up from that one week off. it all just piled up and by the time I got caught up I was exhausted and needed another vacation! After that I took mini-vacations by taking Friday and Tuesday off when we had 3 day weekends. It would be almost a week off but not so much catching up.
psychlady about 11 years ago
I know that scene all too well. Sometimes one could wonder if it’s even worth taking a vacation!
Mneedle about 11 years ago
If you really enjoy the work, you never need a vacation.
jcm1655 about 11 years ago
I’m union also, But don’t know any union that pays triple time. And I don’t get paid vacations. We get some money in a vacation fund. But not much.
summerdog86 about 11 years ago
MY thoughts for the day…. the library boss is pretty but not much of a worker for the library. I would have picked up the slack if someone was out.
androscoggin about 11 years ago
= > That’s just how I’d feel (frustrated and overwhelmed, but satisfyingly, refreshingly needed). Maybe that’s why “For Better or for Worse” has been my favorite comic strip since it first appeared. I identify with the characters so much. (I even have a son the same age as Michael.)
alondra about 11 years ago
Looks like she at least has job security.
Can't Sleep about 11 years ago
Cynical much?
loves raising duncan about 11 years ago
Yeah, you’re their favorite welcome mat!
loves raising duncan about 11 years ago
Yes and they didn’t even ask about your child Elly!
rkorny about 11 years ago
Brings back fond memories. I felt indispensable when it happened to me.
coffee_mom11 about 11 years ago
And that, my dear, is what’s wrong with the American education system today.
Dry and Dusty Premium Member about 11 years ago
They didn’t miss you Elly. They were just too lazy to do the work, or else the work was so mundane it was beneath them to do it themselves.
Dry and Dusty Premium Member about 11 years ago
Nightshade09, not cynics, just realists.
michael pokrivnak about 11 years ago
it’s not using if you get great pleasure out of it. I really like the Elly character.
tuslog64 about 11 years ago
One man took a vacation a few years back, so we piled everything on his desk – even dragging stuff out of storage and piling in on his desk.When he returned, he could hardly see his desk!
merrymac3 about 11 years ago
What makes Elly think they missed her? Apparently, all the work she would have done, she is still going to have to do. She was only gone a few days. I’m sure the kids want to know who won the contest. AND I know the aren’t paying overtime, much less double or triple.