Concert Load

[Michael Jorgensen]

Conrad, Dave,
       You guts nailed it right on regarding the plight of CAUTs.   Is there
anything the CAUT Committee could do to help?   Do we really have to be
oppressed to get the jobs done superbly?    Is change hopeless?
-Mike Jorgensen

Conrad Hoffsommer wrote:

> Dave,
>
> At 17:25 04/17/2002 -0500, you wrote:
> >Avery:
> >
> >I think you're going to have to be candid with your leaders.  Surely
> >they are smart enough to know you can't work 7 days a week.  I know
> >the problem in academia is that many of the teachers do work 7 days a
> >week during the school year, but then they get long breaks between
> >semesters.  You on the other hand have to keep trucking 12 months a
> >year.  I think they can understand this.
>
> I'm not so sure about that last statement.  In the last few years I've had
> the same conversation when discussing projects for the next week.
>
> Me, "...of course, next week is a short week with the holiday..."
>
> He, "What holiday?"
>
> Me, "Memorial Day" (for example).
>
> These "academics" who have never worked a job which only had 2 weeks
> vacation, forsooth, never had less than THREE MONTHS vacation per year ALL
> THEIR LIVES have a real hard time conceptualizing the value of even one day
> off.  A holiday is just another day in the middle of an extended time
> off.   Working stiffs know the value of a day off.
>
> Just compare what YOU did during spring break vs: what THEY did.
>
> Conrad Hoffsommer -  Decorah, IA
> Usually I try to take it one day at a time, but lately several have
> attacked me at once...