With my last job it was by seniority. I rarely had to work those holidays because a couple of my co-workers wanted to work them. Overtime plus a banked holiday. I would rather not work holidays if I don't have to, so it worked out for everyone!
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Retail...never closes on holidays.
Lol....bring Homer...lol....I'll feed you!!! Seleya, too!My hubby will probably be on the road for Thanksgiving. I haven't had him home for it in 4 years.
...I will bring blueberry yoghurt for the Beast
Well...it was an adventure! I won't tell you about the trip home...sheet ice on bald tires and no 4WD ..oh yeah..we were a slippin and a slidinI bet that was a royal pain while it was happening but what a wonderful story!
...movin and a groovin
...actually..I rode on the wake up strip for about 45 miles goin about 10mph 
Lol...Beast DOES love his yogurt...Jim has a cup as a snack before bedtime...Max HAS to lick the container out. Blueberry and peach are his favorites!...I will bring blueberry yoghurt for the Beast
Well...it was an adventure! I won't tell you about the trip home...sheet ice on bald tires and no 4WD ..oh yeah..we were a slippin and a slidin
Dog sled...lmaooooo
**tall tale backatcha!**Brings back memories of a Thanksgiving a few years back up in Alaska.
**Tall tale alert**
My best buddy ( a WW2 vet) needed a knee replacement at the VA Hospital in Anchorage..7 hour drive in the dead of Winter! When we got to his late sister's place, no one was home...He said he would just get in like he always does...and that all I had to do was shimmy myself up to the second floor balcony...and that the sliding door was probably unlocked
Then , on the day of the surgery, they wouldn't let his rig on the base ...cracked windshield, bald tires, no muffler..hmmm) so we ended up taking a taxi in.
After he got out of surgery, I settled myself in for the night in the recliner in his hospital room (like I always do with my fam and friends) ..but then graveyard shift came on and becuz i wasn't "family".. the hard core nurse threw me out. ( and no, I couldn't lie
Course I was a PITA, and didn't have cab fare, so VA picked up the taxi tab and dropped me off back at his sister's place. (This time I had a key!
I told him I didn't think his sister liked me sleepin in her room...I'd been sleepin with the light on for 2 daysI asked if he would swap me rooms and he said "No way. His sister never liked for anybody to sleep in her room." Thanks, John
The 2 of us ended up having 2 Hungry Man Turkey Dinners for Thanksgiving!
And it's still one of my best Thanksgivings to date
It's this kind of holiday that we remember the most.
The Thanksgiving that I remember most (and the most fondly) was the year that my brother came to spend Thanksgiving with us. Oh, it was going to be a fantastic spread... no expense was spared! With all the prep work done and the only thing left was cooking the turkey and warming up some dishes I went to bed planning to get up early, pop the turkey in the oven and put all the rest together.
So... the next morning I got up, turned on the oven to preheat it and went about my business. Came back a little later to find the oven was COLD. Turns out we had run out of gas and there was no way to get our tank filled on Thanksgiving Day. Lovely, just lovely. After all the crying and rage was over I started preparing for a meal out... until my brother showed up.
Seemingly amused at my plight (What was wrong with him!?!? This was no time to laugh!!) he calmly walked out to the patio, fired up our grill, wrapped the turkey tight in tin foil and put it on the rack. When he came in he was shaking his head and saying,
"You know, they cooked turkeys way before ovens were ever invented."
And, I want to tell you, that was the best, moistest turkey I've ever had! And the best Thanksgiving memory for me. I still have the wishbone from that turkey all glittered and hanging on my Christmas tree 15 years later. I lost my brother before the next Thanksgiving and every couple of Thanksgivings since I throw the turkey out on the grill and it's like he's right there with me!
When I lived in Atlanta we'd do that slippin and a slidin thing for fun. When it snowed and the parking lots were empty and iced over we had mad fun taking our cars there and letting it rip... movin and a groovin.Well...it was an adventure! I won't tell you about the trip home...sheet ice on bald tires and no 4WD ..oh yeah..we were a slippin and a slidin
God, we were stupid (but young)... lmao
Yeah, my mates work is open every holiday, he usually gets one off the next one on ect. unless someone demands it off, then he covers, about half of the on ones he get to work from home though. Luckily halloween is on saturday so he has that day off, unless someone punks out and he has to cover a night shift. 
This will be the first year we get to do trick or treating with the kiddo.
This will be the first year we get to do trick or treating with the kiddo.I used to work at an Urgent Care Center where they paid triple time for holidays so we fought over who got to work them. Triple our hourly pay times twelve was a huge chunk of change to take home for one day. Never, ever was there a shortage of holiday workers. Only four holidays counted... Christmas, New Years Day, Easter and Thanksgiving. It was kind of weird that it sucked to be home on the holidays then.
Morning everyone. Thanks for all the T-Day stories, they've been a good read. The giveaways have been trending on Mondays but maybe we'll get lucky and they'll announce that some well deserving super nice person won today.
Thanks for all the T-Day stories, they've been a good read. The giveaways have been trending on Mondays but maybe we'll get lucky and they'll announce that some well deserving super nice person won today.
healing prayers for a smooth procedure and a speedy recovery!!
Sounds like an amazing good time!
I don't do anything for Thanksgiving anymore. It's just me and hubby, but hubby will be working 2pm to 11pm that day.
I wont know until just a couple days before Thanksgiving if hubby will be off so even if he is it will either be just us here or Thanksgiving without him at home. ...I think I lie...if he wont be off/able to come home Ill be here with him...too many years of doing it with out him...it means Ill only be home for a couple weeks before I'm back on the road but hes worth it!
My mom husband ALWAYS deep fried whole turkeys for the family and for numerous friends (and to deliver to a few local bars lol) If I ever do a big family Thanksgiving again we'll deep fry the monster sized bird so it wont be a thanksgiving without mom, itll be giving thanks for having had mom!
The truffle oil gives it a really nice earthy flavor. And because the oil also smooths out the potatoes I don't need to add any milk. Just potatoes and truffle oil. And I mash it with a fork so it leaves it a little chunky....and of course with skins on as well.
Yes on the Mondays. They got off and said they were doing a draw this Monday to get back on track, so we have all been waiting on pins and needles....maoooooooooMorning everyone.
Well I know I wont be working thanksgiving, and if I am working Christmas, I will be the only one there, its a hold over so I will have to be there just to keep an eye on the equipment, nothing more. So 12 hrs of sitting on my but, cant wait
Good morning everyone...........
just checking to see if there was a new winner.........
just checking to see if there was a new winner.........
Good afternoon everyone
I just checked a_rey's last post for the last winner was on 10/12 so next winner will be on the 26th lol
I just checked a_rey's last post for the last winner was on 10/12 so next winner will be on the 26th lol
Good afternoon everyone
I just checked a_rey's last post for the last winner was on 10/12 so next winner will be on the 26th lol
YIKES!!! I have had my share of adventurous driving, but that's just downright scary!!Well...it was an adventure! I won't tell you about the trip home...sheet ice on bald tires and no 4WD ..oh yeah..we were a slippin and a slidin
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