I'm a state employee and have been subjected to furloughs for the past year. They suck, I agree, but I've come to terms with it. I'm still able to pay all my bills and I tend to have to work most furloughs, meaning I bank them and use them as vacation days instead of actual vacation days, which I will enjoy cashing out when I leave this glorious state service. I know that not everybody has made friends with the furloughs, and I can't do anything to undo them, but I've got an idea that I think would make them a little more bearable. How about furlough MONDAYS?
Seriously, why did they have to pick the best day of our work week to send us all home? Why not let us enjoy the laid-back anticipatory attitude of Fridays and let us stay home on the loathesome day that everyone hates? It would be no skin off the state's back, they would save the same 15% a month from our pay, so why the heck not?
People would be WAY more tolerant of staying home without pay if they got to do it on a day they hate. Just saying.
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Really? Do what makes sense.
I get pretty irritated when people do things that don't make sense. Exhibit A occurred yet again this morning as I walked to get my morning caffeine dose. Why, on God's great earth, do the guys that blow the leaves and dirt off the sidewalks have to do it during the morning rush of pedestrians? There are 24 hours in the day, and these yahoos pick probably the most populated hour to try and "clean" the sidewalks. I use clean in a very loose definition of the word, because these guys are really just stirring up dust, aggravating everyones allergies and getting us all dirty as we try to avoid them.
There is another argument for why they shouldn't do this during the work day, and it's actually their attempt to be polite. It takes these guys twice as long to do their job because they are constantly having to stop their blowing whenever someone comes within some undetermined range that all of a sudden puts them within the bubble of crap they have stirred up. Let me just say that this bubble varies by worker, and is not usually an impenetrable or contained bubble, but now we have to deal with this disaster for two hours instead of one because this worker feels like if he pauses for a bit we won't think he is stupid for doing his job.
Here's an idea: do this crap at like 7 at night when we are all eating dinner...or early in the morning when everyone is getting ready. I understsand there really is no ideal time to handle this stuff and you're always going to make someone mad but there really is no need to make half the capitol building hate you. Do what makes sense.
There is another argument for why they shouldn't do this during the work day, and it's actually their attempt to be polite. It takes these guys twice as long to do their job because they are constantly having to stop their blowing whenever someone comes within some undetermined range that all of a sudden puts them within the bubble of crap they have stirred up. Let me just say that this bubble varies by worker, and is not usually an impenetrable or contained bubble, but now we have to deal with this disaster for two hours instead of one because this worker feels like if he pauses for a bit we won't think he is stupid for doing his job.
Here's an idea: do this crap at like 7 at night when we are all eating dinner...or early in the morning when everyone is getting ready. I understsand there really is no ideal time to handle this stuff and you're always going to make someone mad but there really is no need to make half the capitol building hate you. Do what makes sense.
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