Is it my imagination?

Posted By: HolidayMT on 2007-11-22
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Please, if any of you out there who are working today (Thanksgiving) would you please validate me, or let me know if I am imagining this: Working on Thanksgiving is very nice, but it seems that the very worst dictators are the ones covering the holiday! How about working third shift on the holiday...(moi). I did 3 reports in 2 hours albeit long, they were some of the worst 2 ESLs I have in my long career ever encountered. Please, I need a little hand holding, or a shock into reality that this is every day, I am just noticing it now! LOL. Thanks in advance for your comments.

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Is it my imagination? - HolidayMT
- I had some decent Americans, - Z
  - That made me laugh out loud - Holiday MT
- I type each weekend and plenty then - ESLs
- Christmas is the same way. A lot of the ESL - it's not rocket science
- This is a U.S. holiday so the ESLs don't normally celebrate it at home anyway, so - jo
  - Spanish, French do celebrate Christmas in USA - but Russian one is in Jan., and ...SM
- I think - bjpnc
- Yup, I think so - do the worst dictators volunteer - MT
  - Thanks for understanding - flamt
    - OK...this is for the birds (lol!) - MT

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