The vast majority of those people are just fat and lazy and don't give a hoot about President Ford.
2006-12-31 04:29:58 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Other - Holidays
It's absurd. I agree.
2006-12-31 05:33:34 · answer #1 · answered by Joe C 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For the record, your unfounded insinuation that "the fast majority" of federal employees is fat and lazy is absolutely disgusting.
I'm not presently a federal employee, though I worked with many during my military service. I also have a fair number of friends so employed presently.
Your distaste for such people belies an ignorance of their worth, which is likely somewhat more subatantial than your own.
As an example, I'll describe a man that I worked with in the early 1980's. His nickname was "mux" which is a shortened word for "multiplexer". He worked on certain computer and radio systems as a civilian expert in digital electronics.
One day, while working in my shop, we recieved a call from a computer specialist regarding a somewhat elusive problem that they were having. After listening to their question, he directed them (by page number) to certain electrical schematics and was able to almost single-handedly resolve the problem which, if unresolved, would have resulted an a RADAR gap on the eastern seabord. If you recall, during the Early 1980's, this would have been quite troublesome.
Another federal employee I know personally is an expert welder whose services have proved invaluable on a number of submarines and surface vessels.
The point is that these people are of as much import as are our military service men and women.
While some may gain notoriety with wast and abuse, it's quite wrong to assume that all or most are of the same ilk.
President Ford was a loved President of our country. Showing respect with the cessation of federal services has been a means of doing so for some time, and continuing that tradition is quite reasonable. Whether or not individuals held respect for the man, the country ought show that respect for the office.
2006-12-31 04:48:07 · answer #2 · answered by Deirdre H 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Seeing that I am a federal employee, I think it is completely fair. I don't make nearly what I could make in the private sector, its a choice I made to work for the government after serving my country during the Gulf War.
If you want to have these "special" days off, get a job with the government too. Also, many of the people I work with were adults when President Ford was in office and remember him fondly.
2006-12-31 04:46:47 · answer #3 · answered by wyld_scorpio 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Wow....you're rude and nasty.
I guess you REALLY do give a "hoot" about President Ford(yeah right).....Hahaha,it's too bad you have to work....maybe you should request a personal day so you can mourn the loss of Former President Ford.
I don't have to work Tuesday! LUCKY ME!
2006-12-31 04:44:07 · answer #4 · answered by kissmybum 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well there are many that would like to pay homage to the memory of the former Leader of The United States of America. Do I think that the federal government should be closed down to do that? No! If they want to pay homage, then they can do it on their lunch hour like the rest of us!
I hope that they aren't getting paid for this day too!!
2006-12-31 04:35:11 · answer #5 · answered by I_Love_Life! 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
We didn't ASK to get the day off. It was given via executive order by the President. If he had control of the civilian sector, he likely would've ordered YOUR SORRY BUTT to have the day off too. It's just one of those perks that we have....but then again its us who are putting our lives on the line in remote areas of the world so that you can complain about not having a day off. Waaaaaah, call in sick!
2007-01-01 08:44:53 · answer #6 · answered by cwcewo 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
government Order: offering for the final of government Departments and companies on January 2, 2007 Remembering President Gerald R. Ford (1913-2006) with the aid of the authority vested in me as President with the aid of the form and rules of the united states, it relatively is hereby ordered as follows: section a million. All government departments, self sufficient institutions, and different governmental companies would be closed on January 2, 2007, as a mark of admire for Gerald R. Ford, the thirty-8th President of america. That day would be seen as falling interior the scope of government Order 11582 of February 11, 1971, and of 5 united statesC. 5546 and 6103(b) and different comparable statutes insofar as they relate to the pay and bypass away of workers of america. Sec. 2. the 1st sentence of section a million of this order shall no longer be conscious to those places of work and installations, or factors thereof, interior the dep. of State, the dep. of protection, the dep. of Justice, the dep. of native land risk-free practices, or different departments, self sufficient institutions, and governmental companies that the heads thereof be sure ought to proceed to be open for motives of national risk-free practices or protection or different needed public employer. GEORGE W. BUSH THE WHITE homestead, December 28, 2006
2016-11-25 02:54:10 · answer #7 · answered by woolf 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are missing the point of the exercise.
The death of the president is a very solemn occasion and should be treated as such.
The stock markets are also closed on Tuesday.
2006-12-31 04:36:11 · answer #8 · answered by bird_brain_88 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Don't be jealous, get a job with the fed. government and then you too can get days off when the rest of the world is working.
We all make choices in life and the choice is yours.
2006-12-31 04:33:21 · answer #9 · answered by Chatty 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No,but dude ,why do u think they pep's get gov. jobs.It's not to help U,just themselves. U think they got fat and lazy from working,let along hardwork!
2006-12-31 04:38:59 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's just another excuse to have a longer vacation. Ba humbug
2006-12-31 04:37:33 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋