Happy Thanksgiving to all the workers today.

[Arctic Dave]

The people who are keeping the lights on, water running, gas flowing.

May you all be fairly compensated for your labor.

Football players and TV personell too.

[oldhippydude]

1. i remember driving cab thanksgiving... circle k hotdogs for dinner..

thanks to all who labor today...

[Arctic Dave]

2. I hope you were paid fairly.

There is a difference of "having to work" and being compensated for working when everyone else is enjoying the holidays.

[oldhippydude]

6. we were under a lease system..

under that system if you were scheduled Thursday, you showed up, or paid a no show fee..the good news of course is that there always was lot of biz before and after holidays.. but the holidays themselves were slow.. so many drivers, did in fact pay the no show, in effect purchasing the holiday.. the net effect of that was that holidays could in fact be lucrative..

that system worked well till the last year i drove.. the company hired too many drivers forcing many of us to come in on thanksgiving.. in fact that year i worked at a loss, as well as sacrificing my holiday... one of the several reasons, that year was the last year i drove..

[Laochtine]

3. If we remember this we'll be fine

We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately.

[Arctic Dave]

4. Absolutely.

Screwing people over is not a way to move forward.

[Laochtine]

8. It's a way to climb over

without regard, shameful.

[Prism]

5. I'm here with my patient

Alas, disability never takes a holiday. I'm making him special meals (and Michelle Obama's whipped sweet potatoes) to make it feel like a holiday for him, and then bouncing out just in time this evening to have dessert with in-laws.

But those damn, brave BART drivers *sniff*

[Arctic Dave]

7. Happy thanksgiving to earthbound angels like you.