speaking of going to work.....

[KellyHabersham]

Just thought I'd share something that happened this past Friday......

Due to budget cuts a few years back, all of the libraries in my system are closed on Fridays.....the ONLY exception being the main branch. It's been this way for well over a year, but some of my family members (for whatever reason) do NOT get this, and are continually asking if I have to work on a Friday.

Anyhow, my sister's family was going out of town this Friday, and they stopped by to drop off their dog because they couldn't take her with them. My brother-in-law saw that I was getting ready to leave somewhere, and the first thing he asked was ....."Are you heading off to work?" (I should also mention that I was wearing a Motley Crue T-shirt, obviously NOT something allowed on the library's dress code)

[MoonCat]

It's just one of those things they don't remember. We have friends who can never remember that I have to work on MLK Day, Columbus Day, etc (anything outside of the Bog Six aka Christmas, New Years, Memorial Day, July 4th, Labor Day & Thanksgiving). Many times they have asked if we'll be available to go somewhere on, say, Columbus Day, and I've had to remind them that it's a work day for me.

[KellyHabersham]

That's true.....guess it just kind of puzzles me because this isn't the first time I've had problems with people not remembering which days I never worked. (the church office was also closed on Fridays, had been that way for quite a few years, and I would STILL get people either asking or sometimes calling the office because they assumed I was at work there)

[Food Lady]

I continually have friends asking if I work on Tuesdays, or whatever day. I work retail; it depends on what Tuesday you're referring to. Or they ask if I'm free on a Saturday 6 months from now. I don't have a crystal ball.

[RealUnimportant]

I've had the same schedule for 28 months now, immutable & as regular as the tides. My darling wife can remember all the family birthdays from both sides, yet neither the year we married, nor any of my scheduled days/times - and also gets pissed if I "forget" some random event she's never actually told me about!

[blas]

I've been on the same schedule for over 6 months now (and prior to that, 5 years of the same thing!), and people STILL would ask me to do stuff on a Sunday when they damned well should have known I'd worked every Sunday for 5 years, and nowadays people "don't" remember that I work earlier in the evening now.