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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 12:26 PM Original message |
Someone on CNN just said that people not taking all their vacation days is "shameful" |
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DavidDvorkin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
1. That's not working hard |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 12:31 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. BINGO |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 12:42 PM Response to Reply #6 |
21. Or in my case |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
2. I think it's shameful when people think they have to work on vacation time |
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Beelzebud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
3. Yes we should be good little slaves and forgo our vacation time. |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 12:30 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Some people enjoy earning money more than spending it |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 12:31 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. In other words, what you're saying is, different people have different tastes. |
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Beaverhausen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 12:36 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. Were they talking about paid vacation time? |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 12:37 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. That is what they were saying, I bet money on it |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 01:05 PM Response to Reply #16 |
29. I suspect they don't even know what unpaid vacation time is. nt |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 12:37 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Many places will let you work and pay you for your unused vacation time |
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Beaverhausen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 12:40 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. I have never heard of that |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 12:40 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Not like that any more... |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 12:45 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. My wife gets paid for her unused vacation days |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 01:08 PM Response to Reply #24 |
31. Do you go out drinking with friends with some of that? |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 12:44 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. And many places will work you to death. |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 12:51 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. I'm self-employed. No one, but myself supplies me with anything. |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 12:54 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Well good for you, bootstrap. |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 12:55 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. bootstrap? huh? |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 01:08 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. hehehe |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 02:46 PM Response to Reply #25 |
36. Except for your wife's "nice little bonus" .... |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 03:09 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. That is her money, that has nothing to do with me. |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 01:07 PM Response to Reply #17 |
30. No, they don't |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 01:10 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. maybe it is only a few of them, my wife's does |
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k8conant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
5. Sad, but probably not shameful unless... |
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Caoimhe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
8. Work to Live not Live to Work |
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Sequoia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 12:37 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. Especially when they brag about it. |
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Apollo11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
9. In Europe, 5 weeks paid vacation is the norm |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
10. It is shameful that workers are so afraid of lay-offs |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
11. Getting a measly two weeks a year is shameful. Having to rely |
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bamacrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
12. Imagine if we were like European countries.. |
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unpossibles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 12:56 PM Response to Reply #12 |
28. that is a great point! |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
14. Good "management controls" would require people to take their vacations. |
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MsKandice01 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
20. What vacation time??? |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 01:09 PM Response to Reply #20 |
33. Oh quit complaining -- at least you're working hard and not being lazy |
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MistressOverdone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
22. I honestly don't know how |
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gollygee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
34. What I remember is being told about vacation time during hiring |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
37. I agree. It is shameful. It is far from working hard |
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jeffrey_X (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 02:49 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. working hard is for suckers.... |
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qdemn7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 03:01 PM Original message |
No.. |
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goodhue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
39. Pathetic is more like it |
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Madspirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
41. Happy Idiots |
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MissB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
42. Sometimes it ends up costing more to take vacation days. |
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