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Those Who Are Working Today

Anonymous032819 — Wed, 25 Dec 2019 19:32:09 GMT

Not everybody has today off.

There are those who are working today, whether by choice or not.

It goes beyond hospital workers, and firefighters, and police officers.

There are tow truck drivers, pilots and flight crews, air traffic controllers, train engineers, hotel workers, restaurant workers, semi-truck drivers.

I even had a street sweeper go by my house earlier this morning.

Just now, a garbage truck collected the trash from the dumpster at a near by businesss.

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phoenixbrd — Wed, 25 Dec 2019 19:05:53 GMT

Good point....makes me appreciate my life even more and have compassion for those who are on duty.

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goldensrbest — Wed, 25 Dec 2019 19:07:44 GMT

Not working, but very troubled ,so what are you eating today?

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drizzellla — Wed, 25 Dec 2019 19:08:23 GMT

My son was told he was working today. At least he didn't have to go in early.

But it makes planning dinner a bit tough. He said he probably wouldn't be home until after 8 PM. So I will prepare the Christmas meal 2 times.

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Group 5 minus 1 — Wed, 25 Dec 2019 19:32:33 GMT

Years ago when I worked at a hospital,we were given a free Christmas dinner in the cafeteria.

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RedTop — Wed, 25 Dec 2019 20:34:28 GMT

I think about all of the people working holidays and weekends all the time.

I worked 15 Christmases of my 16 years at the hospital switchboard; all 11-7 shift. I came home to have Christmas morning with my girls before walking over to my parents. We came home, loaded the car, and drove to my in-laws. 90% of the time I had to work Christmas night as well, so those years I skipped the in-laws celebration and went to bed. I’ve worked MANY holiday night shifts on 4-5 hours sleep.

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Keybra — Wed, 25 Dec 2019 20:36:57 GMT

@goldensrbest wrote:
Not working, but very troubled ,so what are you eating today?

@goldensrbest ------Merry Christmas ! I don't understand your post. Are YOU very troubled ? Are you eating today ? Please explain !!!

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cotton4me — Wed, 25 Dec 2019 21:15:49 GMT

I’m very grateful for those who work on our behalf during the holidays. There are so many industries that we depend upon regardless of the day or the weather. Today I’m especially grateful for those who work in emergency services. My husband has mobility issues and fell in the middle of the night last night so I had to call 911. I was so grateful for the young men who came to his aid.

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gidgetgh — Thu, 26 Dec 2019 00:33:44 GMT

My niece, who works at Starbucks, had to work till noon today. I certainly don't consider coffee a necesssry item that would require them to be open on Christmas, but they were open.

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shoekitty — Thu, 26 Dec 2019 02:25:57 GMT

@gidgetgh wrote:
My niece, who works at Starbucks, had to work till noon today. I certainly don't consider coffee a necesssry item that would require them to be open on Christmas, but they were open.

Shoekity said

starbucks closed here.

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SydneyH — Thu, 26 Dec 2019 03:57:05 GMT

I work virtually every Christmas, I'm good with it........

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qvcfreak — Thu, 26 Dec 2019 04:01:43 GMT

My son works at a Vet clinic and works all the holidays. He’s studying to be a large animal Vet. He went in early this morning, then drove 1 1/2 hrs to come to our house, back to work and then driving to his girlfriends family for dessert.