Did Santa give you what you wanted?
Happy Monday. I hope your eggnog hangover is long cured. Did you get what you wanted for Christmas?
Christmas was spent at the Daily Bulletin this year. I was part of a tiny crew of journalists putting out the Saturday paper, the Boxing Day edition.
I spent a couple of hours at the VFW asking people what they wanted for Christmas and whether they got it.
Journalists and TGI Friday employees weren't the only people working on Dec. 25. We join a group of police officers, fire fighters, gas station attendants, nurses, doctors and many others who treat the day as any other. I wish I knew them all. We could've had a pot luck.
Christmas was spent at the Daily Bulletin this year. I was part of a tiny crew of journalists putting out the Saturday paper, the Boxing Day edition.
I spent a couple of hours at the VFW asking people what they wanted for Christmas and whether they got it.
"$1 million," said Floyd Mittelstede. "I didn't even get $1."Working on Christmas is not so bad. The Daily Bulletin got takeout from TGI Friday, a lovely and unexpected gesture. I ordered a pasta dish before realizing that they didn't have everything on the online menu. So I ordered the tilapia, which they didn't have anymore. So I ordered the mahi mahi, which they had just run out of. Finally I settled on the salmon. Bingo! You know it's a fine Christmas if you get something from your top five. I enjoyed my Christmas dinner with two editors huddled over Styrofoam containers. One ate his steak with a plastic fork and knife.
"I didn't want anything, 'cause I didn't want to give anything," said Carol McCammon, 73. "What could you want at 73?"
"I just want to know if my son is up there," said June Seidel, pointing to the ceiling. Seidel lost her son to cancer in April. "I think he's up there."* * *
Journalists and TGI Friday employees weren't the only people working on Dec. 25. We join a group of police officers, fire fighters, gas station attendants, nurses, doctors and many others who treat the day as any other. I wish I knew them all. We could've had a pot luck.
Wendy, TGI Friday's is a fun treat. But, isn't styrofoam banned in Rancho Cucamonga? We are supposed to be green!
Styrofoam is only banned at city facilities (just like outdoor smoking is). That means, you can't use the non-biodegradable plastic at the Epicenter, Central Park or Cultural Center.
I was not surprised when I read your post because I know when you are working on a xmas day seems as if it doesn't change anything in your routine,a normal day as we say.So don't give up we need people like you to rely on.May be doctors,nurses or the gas stations attendants all them plays a significant role.