December??? That's far too long to wait for a good cup of coffee....Start dropping hints like a 2¢ hooker to friends and neighbors! Who knows...You might find one under the yuletide tree this December...
December??? That's far too long to wait for a good cup of coffee.
I think that is a sign of the times we live in. People feel no obligation to their employer or coworkers if it interferes with what they want.I'm really sick of people scheduling their vacations without the slightest consideration of what the schedule is that week or the fact that other people are also on vacation that week. Guess who ends up holding the bag and having to figure out how to hold said bag even though she isn't allowed to work overtime.
I'm really sick of people scheduling their vacations without the slightest consideration of what the schedule is that week or the fact that other people are also on vacation that week. Guess who ends up holding the bag and having to figure out how to hold said bag even though she isn't allowed to work overtime.
Coffee isn't a "must" for me first thing in the morning, though I'm sure the caffeine helps to wake me up at least a little. But there's something about that first cup of coffee (particularly on a chilly morning) or a good cup of coffee after a good meal that is one of those simple pleasures in life.One of my co-workers says she can’t function until she has had her daily dose of Java.
Not being a caffeine junky I can only imagine what it is that folks crave so much first thing in the morning.
When it was up to me, I didn't allow more than one person to take a vacation in any given week -- simple as that. But apparently it isn't up to me anymore.
One of my co-workers says she can’t function until she has had her daily dose of Java.
Not being a caffeine junky I can only
imagine what it is that folks crave so
much first thing in the morning.
OTH... being a soda pop junkie... I can understand.... although it’s something I
don’t have to drink first thing in the morning!
I haven't taken a vacation of my own since 2011. And I got called back from that when the boiler failed.
The proper response to this statement would have been, "Then pay me more!"“Because I know I can depend on you and not
the others!”
When I asked my boss about my not having taken a break in a long spell.
I haven't taken a vacation of my own since 2011. And I got called back from that when the boiler failed.
One of my co-workers says she can’t function until she has had her daily dose of Java.
I had a boss who was deeply offended by the suggestion that she enjoy a few weeks off. ("Do you think that I need a VACATION? Why do you think that I need a vacation??") She was a great boss, the most generous of individuals, and she always seemed to enjoy seeing photos that I brought back from my own trips, but she thought that any suggestion that she experience travel was a suggestion that she was weak and vulnerable. Never understood that, because I think that travel really involves a lot of spontaneous planning and decision making.
I grew up in a home where we never took a vacation as a family until I was 14- and even then it was always one of those "2 weeks in a cabin while Dad goes fishing" deals. We had a standing invitation from relatives in California to "..come on out, anytime!" .. and as much as I dreamed of taking the Super Chief or the City of Los Angeles (or even a road trip, a la the Griswolds in "National Lampoon's Vacation") it never came to pass. When we got married my wife the army brat vowed that a year would never pass when we didn't get away for at least a few weeks, and she's been good on that one for over 3 decades. I love to travel, and I love planning vacations even years ahead of time. To me, travel is the most pleasant and painless ways of learning, and learning is really the point of it all (for me, anyway). I loathe the idea of sitting on a sunny beach for a week, but if it involves museums and historical sights, I'm in with both feet.
When it was up to me, I didn't allow more than one person to take a vacation in any given week -- simple as that. But apparently it isn't up to me anymore.
I haven't taken a vacation of my own since 2011. And I got called back from that when the boiler failed.
I typically feel a bit of anxiety over anticipated time away from home, but I love being out on the road once the trip is underway. Like you, I'm not one for lolling about on a beach or doing what I could be doing without having left home. Had a spur of the moment trip last weekend to Leadville with the lovely missus and her longest-time friend, who had flown in for a visit a couple of days earlier. Leadville was a boomtown well over a century ago, and much of its commercial district dates from then. It's now a relatively sleepy, "undiscovered" mountain town where people of mostly modest means go about their humble lives. We had lunch in a saloon that has been in operation since 1879. It remains blessedly un-Disneyfied.