Stinky Vacation

[scotrace]

I usually lose vacation time because I don't use it. This year I'm just taking some time off to use it up (will still lose a couple of weeks). This week, home.

Sounds great, except that it has been a week of clogged drains, foot-deep snow, little on TV and today, a washing machine that is leaking like it just struck an iceberg.

Maytag is not what it used to be. The washer, dryer and dishwasher we have are all of poor quality!

My point (and I do have one) is to wonder if anyone else finds time off from work to be more trouble than it's worth?

 

[The Wingnut]

Work is my escape from the disaster that is my private life.

...and there is no situation that cannot be solved with a suitable application of high explosives.

 

[Miss Neecerie]

I get the week between Christmas and New years off....enforced break...

And I never manage to do anything good with it.....it always sucks..and consists of sitting home alone with no cash......

 

[Paisley]

In 2005, I took off two days to paint my house, and it rained.

I don't have much PDO left now because I use it all up on appointments.

 

[Doh!]

Not me -- I love my days off. In fact, about once a year I accrue enough days so that I can work a 4-day week for about 2 months in a row.

Feels great.

 

[RBH]

Hey Scot, I hope it gets better.
Maybe this is the hat you need to find in a L\O ! lol

 

[Nathan Flowers]

Many years I spent my vacations doing school work. This past year was the first time I was able to actually take a real vacation, and I spent that one piddling around the house like you.

 

[LizzieMaine]

Count yourself lucky. I haven't had paid time off since 1997.

 

[Atticus Finch]

I usually lose vacation time because I don't use it. This year I'm just taking some time off to use it up (will still lose a couple of weeks). This week, home.

Sounds great, except that it has been a week of clogged drains, foot-deep snow, little on TV and today, a washing machine that is leaking like it just struck an iceberg.

Maytag is not what it used to be. The washer, dryer and dishwasher we have are all of poor quality!

My point (and I do have one) is to wonder if anyone else finds time off from work to be more trouble than it's worth?

Scotrace, if your job is anything like mine, you will return from "vacation" to find your desk buried beneath a mountain of unsolved problems, past-due deadlines and unanswered questions.

I hear of people taking a month off from their work and I puzzle as to how they ever catch up!

Atticus

 

[Lincsong]

You should have taken it off in January and go to Las Vegas.

 

[ohairas]

That will teach you not to take more time off when YOU need it! I hear you tho. I feel bad that my husband's vacation time is spent fixing up our old house. He's off the week of Christmas and boy do I have a list for him.... but he asked for it.

I will be off as well, but still have to pay rent on my station weather I'm working or not. (hair) Just pros and cons of coming and going as I please.
Nikki

 

[Lady Day]

How much (good lord, do you hate me or something?)

LD

 

[BegintheBeguine]

Your vacation makes shoveling gravel sound like fun, scotrace.
Some weeks I have 4 or even 5 days off (unpaid) in a row and I have all kinds of plans to do things around the house yet somehow that never gets done, either domestic or health disasters strike or I piddle the time away.
This past year I made sure I took my 28 paid hours of vacation in Las Vegas and Florida.

 

[Paisley]

I'm going to spend one of my floating holidays this year having my bathroom tiled (and the day before getting ready for the tile setter). Yea! Beautiful new bathroom is coming up!

 

[deanglen]

I could take three weeks at a time if I wanted. Never have. Haven't taken more than ten days in years, and I mean more then 10 years.






dean

 

[Miss_Bella_Hell]

I was hoping that your vacation was going to involve lots of fine cheeses, thus stinky but enjoyable. Alas.lol

 

[Mr. 'H']

I have been amazed at how little vacation time people in the States have. I am self employed now so I kind of take time off as I go but when I worked for a company I had 4 weeks holidays (5 weeks when I got married!).

I have a college friend who is an engineer who married an American doctor whom he met here at Trinity College. He is now living in PA and the lack of vacation time is the one big cultural shock that I think he will have.

Is it really the norm to only have 10 days?

That means a week off to vacation and 5 one-off days for the entire year.

Pretty harsh, in my view....

 

[RetroBabydoll]

It took my a year at my job to get a week and a half off work for paid vacation.

 

[Lady Day]

How much (good lord, do you hate me or something?)

LD

Sorry lol!

LD

 

[scotrace]

I've been at my job for 15+ years, but at first there was no time off, and two personal days.