As a contractor on the same schedule as the feds, I say to you the coffee shop is packed and I have big plans for some tile shopping this afternoon.
On the other hand, if I was a fed for the guys about 3 buildings away, I would be working today but get the entire week off between Christmas and New Years. Paid[1].
[1] Just one more reason to hate the ex. His excellent vacation and holiday schedule is just not fair.
We're not quite on Fedland schedule, we don't get some of the minor holidays they do. Raytheon proper is closed between Christmas and New Year's day, but we're not, being a subsidiary and still mostly independent.
The only good part of not having that week off is the traffic in this town is non-existent. Between the soccer moms staying home with the rugrats instead of clogging my streets and the majority of the feds and contractors doing the same, I get a 25 minute commute instead of the 45 it normally is.
Plus, nobody bothers me because a lot of the people I work with take vacation then.
Yeah. My commute to work was fifteen minutes today. Usually it's forty-five. I think EVERY day should be a federal holiday!
(Or a Jewish holiday. Those clear the roads around here just as efficiently. More efficiently, actually. And I would also have the "no one working" thing going for me. Unfortunately, no one in my business gives a rat's ass about federal days off. Me for 24/7 Jewish holidays!)
It's not a shock that the home of the Fed is a ghost town on federal holidays, but why is L.A. shut down? You guys make movies and work on destroying America.
Yes, it is puzzling. All I can conclude is that our movie-making and America-destroying activities are surrounded and supported by a disproportionately large number of postal employees.
So sorry, I was at a workshop on sustainability and higher education all day. Then I played with Tinker Toys atomic models in the chem lab until it was time to go home.
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I love when they are closed...it's like having my own private interstate to commute over.
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On the other hand, if I was a fed for the guys about 3 buildings away, I would be working today but get the entire week off between Christmas and New Years. Paid[1].
[1] Just one more reason to hate the ex. His excellent vacation and holiday schedule is just not fair.
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Plus, nobody bothers me because a lot of the people I work with take vacation then.
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(Or a Jewish holiday. Those clear the roads around here just as efficiently. More efficiently, actually. And I would also have the "no one working" thing going for me. Unfortunately, no one in my business gives a rat's ass about federal days off. Me for 24/7 Jewish holidays!)
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Ba dum dum.
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Be over at my house tonight about 8 if you want a miniatures wargaming lesson, with ohio_geek and, umm, that other guy.
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Tinker Toysatomic models in the chem lab until it was time to go home.