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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Commiseration. People are exhausted, mentally a wreck, some are grieving. I work in a field that was bonkers during the Trump years and we all thought there would be a break after the election but nope, it's been even busier. No one has anything left. That's part of why the "back to normal" talk grates - whatever the new normal is, I need a minute before it starts [/quote]

Yes![/quote]

I've had the exact same thought.  As an entire society, we just need a minute!  Wouldn't it be nice if President Biden announced like a week of recovery from Covid, and we could all just take some time to rest?  Like the week in between Christmas and New Years when only the most essential things get done.

It will never happen, but a burnt out mom can dream![/quote]

Isn’t that what summer vacation is for?[/quote]

Sure, but we all have to take it collectively, otherwise the work keeps going and you come back from vacation a little behind. I think workers deserve an extra week of vacation this year for COVID recovery.

Also, can you imagine if Biden tried to announce that?  The "my freedoms!" crowd would somehow find a way to be outraged.[/quote]

You mean the workers who have not faced hardship from Covid, were not on the frontline, were not healthcare or morgue workers or deemed as 'Essential' because they bagged groceries? Hell no.

And the work will be piling up the week you come back regardless - demand doesn't stop just because you clocked out. Get over yourself.[/quote]

Ah, there it is... :)

As for me, I have plenty of leave to use and plan on using it right after I meet a major deadline this month.  I don't need anything extra, but some people with worse benefits might.  But a lot of people are burnt out like OP.  That isn't wrong just because others had it worse.
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Actually it is wrong. Level the playing field before you try to boost your own self (or your friends) up.

Call for grocery stores nationwide to have a 3-day holiday. Support a $15-hr minimum wage or at the very least a Essential employees bonus. Do more than send cookies to the Critical Care/ICU nursing/medical staff that busted their ass and saw enough death to equal a decade of work during a single horrific year.

- someone who had a very relaxing 2020 but recognizes inequalities exist[/quote]

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