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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Protect your weekend/holidays/evenings/time off, folks. [/quote]

Yeah, this is the message.

Storytime- my dad was a high level FBI agent at HQin DC and we vacationed every summer on Hatteras island in the 70s in a little shack that had no phone (or AC, or TV) but work required him to be reachable in emergencies. So, we'd go over to BUrrus Market in Hatteras village and my dad would flash his credentials, introduce himself, let them know we were staying in the Miller place down the way and that they had been designated as the emergency point of contact. If HQ needed him for anything, they would call the market and someone would be sent for my dad. And that actually happened a couple times but mostly we all got some piece and quiet for a week.

Kids these days have sold their soul to their employers. They are literally on a digital leash 24 hours a day. And they don't even get a pension out of it.

Sad[/quote]

Because today people OWN things. Back in 1986 my dept had a phone number, it would ring on all desks, we had those little lights on bottom to pick up any line. You just called my dept and we were required to have coverage 8am to 7pm five days a week. One of us would be there. You take off it goes to phone number, no work piles up, you come in late, take long lunch, leave early we always had coverage. And we had no voice mail. Once end of day hit no one answered. You could also interoffice mail, but that only came once a day.  
 
Today work is divided up by individual and we have email and Teams etc. You are point of contact. So you have to be available for your task. There is no number to call.       [/quote]

I remember my mom taking me to get shoes ~1970 and realizing whewn we got there that it was closed. It was a Sunday[/quote]

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