I didn't post anyplace else today, so here I am!

Here's my vent: holidays. The unconfirmed but probable schedule for holidays this year is that we have Thanksgiving and the day after (that IS confirmed), Christmas and the day after, and NY and the day after off this year. All good, except we'll have to work Christmas Eve, and my boss is very, very, Company First, and has already told us we are not allowed to take a vacation day because we will be SO BUSY at that time.

And, we won't be. Moving stuff online means we won't be, and even if it weren't online, NO ONE ELSE will be around that day, almost guaranteed. It's up to the offices at that point, and most are just going to close but waaah, employees will need to take a vacation day, but we are Not Allowed to use vacation for that day. It sucks. I'm doing a little sleuthing and am going to pitch that our front desk person (who started this summer, was married in July, and has a million family obligations AND is very devout in her Christianity) be able to take the day off, and that I can do a half day or work from home or something. The main thing that I would be doing is helping faculty navigate online grading, which I can do over the phone, and WOULD be doing over the phone, because NO ONE will be around that day. I KNOW this.

But, my boss will probably say no, because she doesn't even like that I take a lunch (no lie) and don't just eat cold spaghettios at my desk like she does every day. Again, not a lie. Even our student workers were shocked that we'd be working that day, and that none of them even expect to see ANY grades until after Christmas, let alone be able to see ALL of them. Anyway. Whine whine whine. Bedtime!