Why I Am Grateful To Be Working On Thanksgiving Day

Great article!! Happy Turkey Day to you as well!!!!!!

Nice article. It may not be ideal to work the holiday, but someone has to be there for patients. I too am a big fan of the potluck. May everyone have a good Thanksgiving, and may your patients stay stable.

I loved working Thanksgiving when I worked in the hospital. I volunteered to work it every year for the 5 years I was working in the hospital. Having an excuse to not go to family dinner on Thanksgiving is one of the two things I miss from the hospital. (The second is having Social Workers and a Child Protection Team who did all the report filing of abuse/neglect with CPS, I hate that that's part of my job now.)

After having spent several years working in the exploitative fast food and downscale retail industries, I do not complain about working on holidays. As a nurse I earn more during a typical shift than a minimum wage employee earns in an entire week. Life is bleak when one must eke out an existence on minimum-wage employment. At the federal minimum wage of $7.25, a worker clears $290/week before taxes if they were lucky enough to work 40 hours. Most people in this industry are part-timers who never get 40 hours of work. The grass is usually not greener for the hard-working cashiers, stock clerks, customer service associates and parking lot attendants who must deal with the unwashed masses during Black Friday stampedes all day tomorrow. I've worked in that world before and I don't want to return. I am thankful to be a nurse.

Thank you for reminding us about giving thanks. Enjoyed your Article. Happy Thanksgiving to you.

Working Thanksgiving means I'm NOT working Christmas. Yesterday I delivered my kids to their Grandma's house, so they'll get to enjoy the from-scratch feast, and see their 92-yr-old Great-Grandma. My husband and I are having dinner with our church family, and then I'll head to work and hopefully make the day a little less horrible for a family or two. I work with the most amazing bunch of people, and if I can't spend the whole day with my family-family or church family, there's nobody else I'd rather spend the day with!

All these silly holidays are the cause of our blunt hypocrisy in society today. If we all lived our lives like we pretend to live during these silly "holidays" this world would be a better place. That and I'm tired of women with children getting priority for days off during this season over single women and men



Quote from liberated847 That and I'm tired of women with children getting priority for days off during this season over single women and men

Quote from Here.I.StandI have five, and I've been taking my turn, every other holiday, since I was 18 yrs old. Moms have never gotten priority anywhere I've worked--it was strictly based on turn.

Scrubs are NOT pajamas!! Sorry, but I'm so tired of hearing that.

I'm the employee that everyone is thankful for, because I always volunteer for all Holidays and Holiday Eves!It started at the very beginning of my career, for I did not live near family. Holidays were just times to sit and twiddle my thumbs by my lonesome and that made me feel worse. So working the days and evenings kept me busy and I didn't feel at such a loss during those times.After a while it got to be a habit; I didn't have any kids, and I knew/know that those who do appreciate being able to be home. Can't say as I mind the HT on my paycheck, either. If any patient ever told me they were sorry I had to work during Holidays, I told them they didn't need to feel sorry for me, as I do it with a joyful heart. The few Hoidays I have had off, it felt....weird to be off!Fortunately I married a man who is understanding about me working Holidays and doesn't mind or fuss about it.