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| Leave the gun. Take the cannoli. |
To me, I’m special. No one else is going to give a fuck about me except me. Not only do I take my birthday off, I take the whole week off. Vacation request goes in months ahead of time.  | |||
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I am now semi-retired and co-own my business. The last half dozen years or so I have taken my birthday off - I tell everyone "It's one of my recognized national holidays!"  I agree with the statement, if you don't take care of yourself, who else is going too? I'm also in the camp of giving myself a Christmas gift every year, that way I get at least one gift that I really want. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tomorrow's battle is won during today's practice. | |||
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Republican in training |
It's somewhat common where I work. I've done it once or twice but I don't go out of my way to take that day off. Unless something major is going on at work requiring the missing coworker - I don't care what they use their PTO for. -------------------- I like Sigs and HK's, and maybe Glocks | |||
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| Go ahead punk, make my day |
Something I whole heartily agree with. | |||
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My employer gives us two paid days off the week of or after our birthday. I take days off for a long weekend and they don’t necessarily end up on my actual birthday. We also get two days off the week of our start date anniversary. "I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them." Thomas Jefferson "All that is necessary for evil to triumph is that good men have insurance." JALLEN | |||
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Wonderful! That's how it works. The citizen watches the watchman, not the taxpayer. | |||
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Never took off on my birthday. It's difficult anyway since my birthday is during the summer vacations when all the family guys take their summer vacation. Also, it's just not something that's done over here in Switzerland. The citizen watches the watchman, not the taxpayer. | |||
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semi-reformed sailor |
Nope, never have....the service taught me that I don’t matter and neither do my feelings...hahaha, yarrr! I had co workers when I was a cop that took off their birthday, because vacation was always denied due to staffing issues, but I never did. Taking shitbags to jail was a gift for me. "Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor.” Robert A. Heinlein “You may beat me, but you will never win.” sigmonkey-2020 “A single round of buckshot to the torso almost always results in an immediate change of behavior.” Chris Baker | |||
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| Eye on the Silver Lining |
Meh. If you’ve got time off coming, and you put in for it, no sweat. Have a blast. Personally, I’d take the day after  I’m self employed, so I typically work if work needs doing. __________________________ "Trust, but verify." | |||
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| Do No Harm, Do Know Harm |
If they've got the time to take, I've got zero care of when they take it. I don't recall having taken a BD off, but if my wife wanted to do something I'd take it off, and I'd certainly take hers off if we were doing anything (keeping in mind I usually work at night). What I DO think is stupid, the self-absorbed people who celebrate "birthday week" or "birthday month". Those people annoy me. Knowing what one is talking about is widely admired but not strictly required here. Although sometimes distracting, there is often a certain entertainment value to this easy standard. -JALLEN "All I need is a WAR ON DRUGS reference and I got myself a police thread BINGO." -jljones | |||
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| Muzzle flash aficionado  |
It's the only gift I get. My family I once shared gifts with is long gone--I have 2 distant nephews, but we don't exchange. (The "gifts" my cats leave are not pleasant. . . .) flashguy Texan by choice, not accident of birth | |||
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| Banned |
Ridiculous! | |||
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| Just for the hell of it  |
Never done it myself but if they have a vacation day who cares. Where they younger employees? _____________________________________ Because in the end, you won’t remember the time you spent working in the office or mowing your lawn. Climb that goddamn mountain. Jack Kerouac | |||
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I regularly take mine off. When I started 33 years ago at my job we got our birthday as one of the paid holidays. Then after a couple of years they took our birthday away. Literally as a holiday they switched it with Martin Luther King birthday. The thing is MLK birthday cost more because it shut everything down. Later they gave us a personal holiday to make up for it. One person off for a day doesn't cost as much. | |||
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Spread the Disease |
I'm not blowing a vacation day for my birthday because I'm not 8 years old. I'll do any birthday related items on the following weekend, since the actual date is irrelevant. ________________________________________ -- Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past me I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain. -- | |||
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| Leave the gun. Take the cannoli. |
When you have over 30 weeks on the books, who cares when you take time off. How does taking a day off make you 8 years old? | |||
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Bald Headed Squirrel Hunter |
Yes. One was turning 25, the other 26. "Meet the new boss, same as the old boss" | |||
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In my entire working career I never took my birthday off. In fact, I don't remember anyone who did. When swas in education, I never saw it. Later on in the corporate world I had multiple weeks of vacation and would take when I wanted, which was usually most of the month of December which also included my birthday. "If you think everything's going to be alright, you don't understand the problem!"- Gutpile Charlie "A man's got to know his limitations" - Harry Callahan | |||
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Depending on what day of the week it falls, I will sometimes take my birthday off. The main reason for doing so is that my Birthday is November 10, and combining a vacation day for my birthday with Veteran’s day sometimes allows me to have a 4 day weekend. That’s the only reason why I sometimes take it off. This year was my 40th birthday and I didn’t take any extra vacation time, although I did end up taking a couple sick days after Veteran’s day as I came down with the stomach flu. As long as someone has the leave to take I would not begrudge them taking their birthday off if they want to. I see it as leave that they’ve earned so they’re free to use it as they please. “It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.” | |||
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| sick puppy |
I usually request it off and have used vacation days if the company wont give it to me Off. But my b-day is also NYE, so its a fun night to be off and usually ridiculously slow night to work anyway. Some jobs ive worked close early that day anywah, so those ive just worked early and “partied” later. But ive never been big on parties, so its just family stuff, maybe some friends. But i see nothing wrong with either working or using PTO. Its an individuals choice and doesnt hardly impact me. Better to take the day off than force the office into one of those Awkward Office Space type company break room cake share things? ____________________________ While you may be able to get away with bottom shelf whiskey, stay the hell away from bottom shelf tequila. - FishOn | |||
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