But I have little kids!

Dixen81 · Oct 17, 2003

Originally posted by jadednurse
I hear ya Tweety. As a single, childless woman, it seems like I always got stuck w/ Christmas, Easter, Halloween, etc. I may not have kids, but hey, I'm somebody elses kid, ya know!

I have to agree with agent on this one...you're ADULTS. The timing of these holidays is most important to CHILDREN (Christmas MORNING, Easter MORNING, Halloween NIGHT, etc.) Let the KIDS celebrate at the traditional time IF POSSIBLE. You older "kids" should be willing to bend a little for the smaller kids. They're only little once. Like someone else said in an earlier post...your shift is not 24 hours, so you still get the holiday.

Gomer · Oct 17, 2003

OK, I'll play the wicked witch. What makes people with kids so special? Or, any more special than an employee with obligations to parents, friends, or to themselves? Or a non-breeding single employee who enjoys Xmas for either religious or non-religious reason(s). Parenthood is a voluntary occupation, not sainthood. And the profession you chose is 24/7 so you should expect to work holidays.

Dixen81 · Oct 17, 2003

Nobody said that "we" are special, but our little children sure are.

MandyInMS · Oct 17, 2003

I still don't buy it..everyone has a LIFE..married with kids..single or childless..rotation is the only fair way..this comming from a Mother and Wife who has worked many holidays,and will be working many more. I,like others have done the Santa thing the day/night before,had family get togethers on diff days surrounding the holidays..it's part of the job..I'm no more entitled than anyone else..and to think so would be childish on my part...*cheers* sippin' my Crown -n- 7

Ruby Vee, BSN · Oct 17, 2003

Originally posted by Gomer
OK, I'll play the wicked witch. What makes people with kids so special? Or, any more special than an employee with obligations to parents, friends, or to themselves? Or a non-breeding single employee who enjoys Xmas for either religious or non-religious reason(s). Parenthood is a voluntary occupation, not sainthood. And the profession you chose is 24/7 so you should expect to work holidays.

You're not the wicked witch. You're exactly right!

Ruby Vee, BSN · Oct 17, 2003

Originally posted by agent
I just think the young people who whine about helping out people with kids are very immature.. thats all.

I could care less if you agree with me or not.

And I think that this is a very hostile, immature attitude! We all need to work together, and that means taking turns working the holidays. Ability to reproduce doesn't mean a free pass on working Christmas or Easter morning!

I'm kinda wondering if all those mothers who are whining about having little kids entitling them to holidays off will be willing to reciprocate when their kids are grown?! Not likely, in my experience.

fab4fan · Oct 17, 2003

In my experience, the answer to that was NEVER!

I used to work them all, as a favor to the Mommies. Then one time I got an invitation to go sailing and needed to be off on a Friday. Not one of the Mommies, who I'd bailed out time after time would help.

Who helped me? Another nurse who was not married and had adult children.

Right then and there, I started taking my holidays when it was my turn. Well...you would have thought that I had murdered someone. All the spluttering, "But...but...you don't even celebrate them, THAT'S NOT FAIR!"

Talk about whining and immature! I just felt like, "Tough rocks...I've done this for you all for several years, and the few times I ask for a favor back it's always not doable."

I'm not a doormat. Now, I will offer sometimes, but it depends on if I feel like it, and who the other party is. Someone who is really good at taking but not reciprocating...no way.

You chose the profession, you chose to have children. It's your responsibility to either get accustomed to working holidays, or get a job where you don't need to work them.

And don't get me started on the "I have kids, I should get dayshift."

SmilingBluEyes · Oct 17, 2003

i have kids...

but dayshift would never work for ME....

lol.

perdiem nights is all i can do.

Dixen81 · Oct 17, 2003

I don't see any hostility in agent's response. And nobody is saying that they are ENTITLED to have the holidays off. I am a student with two grown children, a four year old, and a one year old grandbaby. I KNOW that I will have to work holidays, and I still choose this profession. But what parents of small children are saying is not that they deserve special treatment, they are simply expressing their desire and wish to be home with their kids, which many will not be able to do. The only whining I hear on this thread is from the adult "kids" posting.

iliel · Oct 17, 2003

Holidays are about FAMILY, not kids, not adults but everyone being together. And for some, not me, the holidays like Christmas are about a celebration of God, not about the gifts the kids get....you can do that any time of day or night.

Someone telling me I'm being immature because I don't understand because I don't have kids and I want a holdiay off is, well, immature.

nurseygrrl, LPN · Oct 17, 2003

We have to put in a request for all of the holidays in preference order, but then it goes by seniority anyhow. I told my staffing coordinator she could just grant me all the holidays and make it easier on herself, but she didn't think so

fab4fan · Oct 17, 2003

No one person's family takes priority over another's. And I think the frustration from people like me comes from having been treated like we "owed it" to work for people with children, and the lack of reciprocation when we did try to accommodate that.

Like I said, if it is that imperative to you to be off on holidays, then get a job that allows you to do that. Otherwise, take your turn just like everybody else does.