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Horse with no Name Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-30-06 01:49 PM
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So it is raining and generally nasty outside
Supposed to have some ice and sleet and snow this afternoon.
I work at a hospital and they have been desperately calling because they are shorthanded (I worked 48 hours from Friday until Monday).
Should I answer the phone and sacrifice life and limb to drive to work--risking getting stuck there--or stay home with my warm blanky and hot chocolate and continue to ignore the phone?:evilgrin:
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Tyler Durden Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-30-06 01:55 PM
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1. NO ONE can fault you for not risking your life or sanity.
In the words of Amon Goethe, "I pardon you."

Just being silly. Unless I was in horrible financial straights and needed the massive overtime, I'd sit still and put on the kettle. MY days of ACTUALLY risking my ass for anyone I don't like are over.
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Horse with no Name Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-30-06 01:58 PM
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3. That was kind of my feeling
I feel the same way these days.
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Phillycat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-30-06 01:57 PM
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2. I would go.
But then, I work in a hospital too. If you really can't get there safely, I would tell them they have to have someone in a 4WD vehicle come get you and bring you home.

The sick people have to find a way there too, you know. :)
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Horse with no Name Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-30-06 01:59 PM
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4. I live 40 miles away
on a 2-lane road.
Not sure I want to risk it and I really don't trust other people's driving. But more than that...that they would get me there and not give a shit how I got home,lol.
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Tyler Durden Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-30-06 02:04 PM
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5. Throw a log on the fire, and don't you dare feel guilty.
Administrators get HUGE bonuses for holding down personnel costs. Let them "Send in the Temps."
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Phillycat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-30-06 02:13 PM
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7. It's your call dude.
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Horse with no Name Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-30-06 02:13 PM
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8. Ummm
Edited on Thu Nov-30-06 02:14 PM by Horse with no Name
Not a "dude".
:o
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Phillycat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-30-06 02:14 PM
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9. Me either, but I call myself "dude" too.
It's the generic. :D
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RiverStone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-30-06 02:07 PM
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6. Unplug the phone. You gave at the office already.
Relax. You earned it!
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