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Happy Thanksgiving, kinda
Nov. 13th, 2007 05:45 pmThere's a bit of a kerfuffle going on in New Jersey right now. Because it's not an official state holiday, the Governor traditionally signs an executive order giving state employees the day after Thanksgiving off. Last year, Governor Corzine did it, but said that he would never do it again because it's just too expensive and we're in a fiscal crisis. This, of course is a crock. I mean, we are in the middle of a financial nightmare, but alienating the entire public workforce and their extended families is probably not the best answer possible. Not if he wants a second term to solve the aforementioned fiscal crisis, which he very clearly does.
So anyway, we all got an email from one of the university's 15 vice presidents* the other day, telling us that the university will be open for business on November 23rd. Yay! What a boon for the taxpayers! Of course classes, which I had always thought constituted the business of the university, are canceled because the precious snowflakes would never stand for having to cut short a long weekend for schoolwork. (And many, many of them will begin to disappear starting Tuesday, but that's a topic for another day.) His email went on to say that he expects most people to use vacation time to take the day off, and that people who choose to work may have to be relocated to other offices for the day, since most buildings will be closed for the long weekend in order to save energy and money.
Now none of this has any bearing on me, because I don't even have classes on Fridays this semester, but this morning I was apparently possessed by a buffyverse-style demon, so I emailed Mr. Vice-President-in-charge-of toilets and informed him that I will be coming in that Friday (and probably Saturday as well) to do research. Since I obviously cannot do my research anywhere other than in my laboratory, I expect him to please do whatever it takes to insure that the science building will be open and heated all weekend. I'll let you know what happens.
* I kid you not - 15 of them. And I'm sure each and every one is worth his/her six-figure-plus-perks income.
So anyway, we all got an email from one of the university's 15 vice presidents* the other day, telling us that the university will be open for business on November 23rd. Yay! What a boon for the taxpayers! Of course classes, which I had always thought constituted the business of the university, are canceled because the precious snowflakes would never stand for having to cut short a long weekend for schoolwork. (And many, many of them will begin to disappear starting Tuesday, but that's a topic for another day.) His email went on to say that he expects most people to use vacation time to take the day off, and that people who choose to work may have to be relocated to other offices for the day, since most buildings will be closed for the long weekend in order to save energy and money.
Now none of this has any bearing on me, because I don't even have classes on Fridays this semester, but this morning I was apparently possessed by a buffyverse-style demon, so I emailed Mr. Vice-President-in-charge-of toilets and informed him that I will be coming in that Friday (and probably Saturday as well) to do research. Since I obviously cannot do my research anywhere other than in my laboratory, I expect him to please do whatever it takes to insure that the science building will be open and heated all weekend. I'll let you know what happens.
* I kid you not - 15 of them. And I'm sure each and every one is worth his/her six-figure-plus-perks income.
