Are you working Friday?

[Cardinal]

Friday has been declared a national day of mourning for President Reagan. Federal offices will be closed. For those of you in state or local government especially, are you getting the day off? There has been no decision here. I am working on getting the acting city manager to declare it.

 

[el Guapo]

My tribe is taking the day off but it looks like I may have to work.

 

[Chet]

My tribe is taking the day off but it looks like I may have to work.

What will the blue hairs do without their Fiday bingo fix? 8-!

 

[Zoning Goddess]

We're local government. We don't even close when a hurricane's headed our way. We'll be here.

 

[Tranplanner]

The last two options basically cover me!

 

[Gedunker]

There's been no mention here that we may close, so I'm expecting to be in (I even have an appointment at 9:00 with some Uber-Complainers) ;-)

I am slightly miffed that the City Council did not adopt a resolution at last night's meeting, nor did they even observe a moment of silence in rememberance of the President. No class, IMO.

 

[mendelman]

The flag in front of the Village Hall is half lowered. I think that is about all we're getting.

 

[biscuit]

I already have the day off seeing as I have some major personal business to attend to. :-D

 

[Seabishop]

I'm taking half the day off anyway but I doubt we'll have it off.

 

[boiker]

No day off. We have to mourn in our cubes. :,(

 

[Planderella]

Day off? What's that?????

 

[Downtown]

No day off here either. Although, I'd already put in to have the day off, so I'll be mourning as we drive to Buffalo.

 

[michaelskis]

I will be here, (with everyone else) and I will be running around like a mad man since I will be taking 3 days off next week to hang out with JNL and go to Chicago.

I will listen to the memoral on the radio.

 

[Miles Ignatius]

We'll Be Around, Too

Here, in the private sector, we'll be present and accounted for. We will, however, break around midday Friday for some jellybeans in honor of the Gipper.

 

[JNA]

Seperation of power and holiday:
That's a federal employee observance.
I am local govenment employee.

 

[Zoning Goddess]

An unexpected update

Our county commission just voted to close county offices on Friday. Sure caught us employees off guard.

 

[Big Easy King]

Friday will be another workday for me, but I may bolt early.

 

[otterpop]

We haven't heard anything of the Friday holiday. Our county is the recognized Deomocratic enclave for the state, so maybe it won't happen here.

 

[Dan]

A secretary here jsut confirmed that we won't be having Reagan Day off. Local politics in the Cleveland area are dominated by Democrats, which may or may not have something to do with it.

What about the other New England Cyburbians? You guys have so many local holidays ("Is next Friday Tea Party Day, Bunker Hill Day, or Battle of Lexington and Concord Day?"), adding one more day off to the mix isn't going to make much of a difference.

 

[SGB]

Our county commission just voted to close county offices on Friday. Sure caught us employees off guard.

Anyway you could encourage your county to fax a copy of that resolution around to other county gov'ts?

 

[JNA]

Anyway you could encourage your county to fax a copy of that resolution around to other county gov'ts?

At least post it.

 

[BKM]

Its my normal day off anyway (9-day-80-hour schedule)

 

[nerudite]

I'm not working Friday... but that's because it's my Regular Day Off (RDO). We only work 9 days in two weeks... total of 72 hours. Thank you Alberta!

 

[NHPlanner]

What about the other New England Cyburbians? You guys have so many local holidays ("Is next Friday Tea Party Day, Bunker Hill Day, or Battle of Lexington and Concord Day?"), adding one more day off to the mix isn't going to make much of a difference.

Nice....but it's really only true of Massachusetts.

 

[tsc]

I don't have the day off...but have heard our state may be shutting down. I know I may get some riled...but I don't think the federal government should shut down. .... most employees will be sleeping in,, playing golf,,,shopping,,, putzing around the yard....not paying respects to a president who has passed. It is a waste of tax dollars.

 

[Zoning Goddess]

Anyway you could encourage your county to fax a copy of that resolution around to other county gov'ts?

I don't think it was done via resolution, they just voted to close, but if I see anything that formal in writing, I'll post it.

 

[H]

Reagan would want you at work....SO GO TO WORK LIBERAL SLACKERS!

 

[ludes98]

My company would prefer that there are no holidays, period.

 

[tsc]

Reagan would want you at work....SO GO TO WORK LIBERAL SLACKERS!

funny...I consider myself a liberal...and I think the office should stay open... no matter what president dies.

 

[H]

funny...I consider myself a liberal...and I think the office should stay open... no matter what president dies.

For the record: I am also a liberal.

 

[sisterceleste]

Our county commission just voted to close county offices on Friday. Sure caught us employees off guard.

I'll say. That surprises me too.

 

[Rem]

I voted that I am Australian :-D . Also i hardly ever get a day off BUT my PA has been protecting this Friday for me and if nothing goes wrong tomorrow, Mrs Rem and I are spending the day in the vineyards. I'll give a thought to RR when sipping something deep bodied, well aged and (ironically) red.

 

[Michele Zone]

I voted: It doesn't matter, I am a student or self-employed or otherwise unaffected

However, my sister works for the federal government and she has Friday off and is using it to stretch out a short vacation to the panhandle of Florida (she is in Georgia, with the rest of my folks -- well, the ones that aren't in Germany, Indiana, etc). And I think Mr. Zone was saying something today about an unexpected announcement that they are to give an early release to all personnel that they can ...er... afford (?) to do so with. Which means he may not leave early, what with having taken the afternoon off today to have oral surgery and usually being pretty indespensable. And a workaholic.

 

[PlannerGirl]

Lol funny here in the DC area the feds are closed, DC schools and gov will be closed fri and has liberal leave this afternoon (what a traffic mess we have brewing) and Loudoun Co is closed on Fri (why way out there closed I have no idea) Everyone else around here even inside the beltway have to work.

Shrugs

 

[BKM]

I'm not working Friday... but that's because it's my Regular Day Off (RDO). We only work 9 days in two weeks... total of 72 hours. Thank you Alberta!

Phhhtpphhh Lazy Canadian Socialists!

 

[monkeyflower]

I had already been planning to take Friday off as part of a long weekend trip to visit friends. . .in Baltimore and DC. Dear me, driving is not going to be fun.

 

[SGB]

department of redundancy department

To emphasize the obvious, our personnel office is calling all departments this morning to remind us that we are not closed tomorrow.

 

[Big Easy King]

Here and working. Damn!

 

[Rumpy Tunanator]

Seeing how I didn't put in that many hours this week, it would have helped if it wasn't a holiday so I could have put more hours in. My holiday pay is based on hours worked. But we're closed so it looks like the pay check will be short next week. Better get out the beer bottle savings account :5

 

[JNA]

Glad I showed up for work today, it was pay day :-}

Edit: Change "for" to "at"
Inspired by Tranplanner

 

[Tranplanner]

Define "working"

 

[ludes98]

Define "working"

Posting on Cyburbia. ;-)

 

[mike gurnee]

I am "at" work...not certain about "working". Four of my seven employees took a vacation day for reasons other than mourning. I guess I have to stick it out just in case the phone rings. Probably a good time to get a couple of evaluations out of the way.

 

[otterpop]

I'm here. Had my second interview for senior planner this morning. Few more things to do as well. This is my alternate Friday so I can go home early if I like. Haven't decided. My wife and some of her friends are getting together this afternoon at our house so I might avoid that and do something else. They are all fine women, but all Spanish speakers and I am not.

 

[Michele Zone]

My husband IS off today. We plan on taking the kids to see Harry Potter, part of the low-key birthday celebration for our eldest son. :-D

And my final is due today. Sigh. I was supposed to work on that last night but the kids decided to start throwing furniture away at, um, 1 a.m.?? I am breathing better and so are they. Meanwhile, Mr. Zone's "Yes, just throw MORE money in the trash" high blood pressure problem seems to have taken a moderate spike. God, I hope that officer does NOT succeed in keeping him here. I want him out of here come fall -- and I no longer care that I have no idea how I will pay the bills. Details, details. :-D

 

[boiker]

We'll I ended up getting it off.. only because my wife and two kids decided to get a horrible case of the stomach flu or something. all three were sick on both ends.

not exactly a relaxing day off.. but it was nice to spend the day with them... regardless of how they've felt.