Updates from a Federal Employee
Gary
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Many of you may not know this, but I am a federal employee. My project has already been funded so I am not part of the 'shutdown'. The others in my office are funded differently, so they are all gone, except for 2 others that were kept behind as "essential personnel".
This is my diary.
Tuesday, 01 October.
0700 - B***n shows up in shorts. Says "What are they gonna do? Send me home?" D***n is dressed like a cowboy. He is on his way to a cowboy convention in Nevada later. It's actually not a bad look on him.
0800 - Furloughed employees sign paperwork and get sent home.
0900 - M******m still here. He is having a hard time getting his 'out of office' reply to work in Outlook.
1000 - Lots of friends on facebook are PISSED about this government shutdown. None of them actually work for the government. My coworkers don't seem that upset. Well, the ones that are still here anyways.
1100 - Bill asks if I know where the vacuum cleaner is kept. I say no.
1400 - An email goes out about celebrating diversity in the work place. I pause what I am doing and celebrate.
1500 - Check foxnews.com just for fun. They are calling this a 'slimdown' instead of a shutdown.
1600 - Still thinking about the slimdown, I head to the gym for a workout. J***s has been furloughed and she always sets the coffee for the next morning. Who will make the coffee?
Tuesday, 02 October
0630 - Some punk kid has broke into all the cars on my block. Well, the ones that didn't lock their doors. My wife borrowed my car last night to get groceries and forgot to lock it when she got back. They stole 2 pairs of sunglasses and my Natural History Museum passes. Maybe they weren't young punks. Maybe they were government employees... is this the apocolypse?
0645 - I call the police to report the break in. They tell me I can report it on line. I'll think about it.
0700 - Traffic normal.
0720 - I get to work late because of the break-in. Nobody cares. Somebody has stepped up to the plate and made coffee. Not that it matters. They make Yuban or some nasty shit like that. I bring my own in a thermos every day. Nonetheless, it appears that people are stepping up to the plate and taking on new responsibilities. I feel proud.
0730 - Only one new email in my inbox. It is a meeting invite. I acceptp.
0731 - Check soulstrut.
This is my diary.
Tuesday, 01 October.
0700 - B***n shows up in shorts. Says "What are they gonna do? Send me home?" D***n is dressed like a cowboy. He is on his way to a cowboy convention in Nevada later. It's actually not a bad look on him.
0800 - Furloughed employees sign paperwork and get sent home.
0900 - M******m still here. He is having a hard time getting his 'out of office' reply to work in Outlook.
1000 - Lots of friends on facebook are PISSED about this government shutdown. None of them actually work for the government. My coworkers don't seem that upset. Well, the ones that are still here anyways.
1100 - Bill asks if I know where the vacuum cleaner is kept. I say no.
1400 - An email goes out about celebrating diversity in the work place. I pause what I am doing and celebrate.
1500 - Check foxnews.com just for fun. They are calling this a 'slimdown' instead of a shutdown.
1600 - Still thinking about the slimdown, I head to the gym for a workout. J***s has been furloughed and she always sets the coffee for the next morning. Who will make the coffee?
Tuesday, 02 October
0630 - Some punk kid has broke into all the cars on my block. Well, the ones that didn't lock their doors. My wife borrowed my car last night to get groceries and forgot to lock it when she got back. They stole 2 pairs of sunglasses and my Natural History Museum passes. Maybe they weren't young punks. Maybe they were government employees... is this the apocolypse?
0645 - I call the police to report the break in. They tell me I can report it on line. I'll think about it.
0700 - Traffic normal.
0720 - I get to work late because of the break-in. Nobody cares. Somebody has stepped up to the plate and made coffee. Not that it matters. They make Yuban or some nasty shit like that. I bring my own in a thermos every day. Nonetheless, it appears that people are stepping up to the plate and taking on new responsibilities. I feel proud.
0730 - Only one new email in my inbox. It is a meeting invite. I acceptp.
0731 - Check soulstrut.
Comments
The Cowboy Poetry convention is not until January.
I say his Cowboy Convention is made up.
Or less, because of lack of support staff/supervisor staff/OtherHalfOfJobStaff?
It is a 'quick draw' competition. Completely real. He loves it.
I'm just as productive now as I was before. It is quiet in the office. But I tend to work on my own stuff anyways. Finished up a powerpoint presentation yesterday. The animations I got in there are killer.
Did a little bit of software testing. It was a normal day. Just quieter.
Brian
Damon
Moatasim, sometimes known as Monty
Jules
What do I win?
Thanks DJ Voidoid for the photo.
A job with the federal government! You can sit next to Moatasim!
10:36 - Janitorial services have been stopped. This means that the pube on the urinal will stay on the urinal until the end of furlough...?
Well, I forget - are the Huddled Masses on one side?
And will the self-paralysed Federal??s just say it was, like, a fly or somesuch, until they win?
Will they challenge the Huddled Masses to a quickdraw?
What side is McGraw on?
Break it down for a mug.
:ricochet sound:
DUELLING BANJOS - LOSER PAYS FOR HEALTHCARE???
Janitor's back with back pay! He just got paideded for not cleaning pubes for a few weeks too. Good work if you can get it.
I saw two of them in the hallway today. I almost hugged them, but then I though oh hell naw, they covered in pubes.
and since you've been the only one coming in to work, we all know whose pubes those are...