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Ed Suspicious

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26. My family lived in a campground in the middle of Missouri during thanksgiving 2004. It was

Wed Nov 25, 2015, 09:43 AM

Nov 2015

very nice for us to be able to head over to the Golden Coral in a nearby city to share a hot "homestyle" meal together. I was thankful they were there for us.

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so shopping on turkey day bad, but eating thanksgiving meal in restaurant is ok? [View all] dembotoz Nov 2015 OP

I hate places that stay open on Turkey Day, but my Starbucks better be open.... NightWatcher Nov 2015 #1

she and i will be pissing an moaning bout her having to work while stuffing our faces dembotoz Nov 2015 #2

Some people living alone have no other place to connect on holidays katsy Nov 2015 #3

If you can afford it, double the usual tip for those that have to work. -none Nov 2015 #4

Yes, and in cash Warpy Nov 2015 #5

Cash to avoid paying taxes? Nt Logical Nov 2015 #15

Cash so they have a choice Warpy Nov 2015 #21

How GOP of you! Nt Logical Nov 2015 #24

You go ahead and bitch about the $2.33 per hour earner getting one over on you. That seems a little Ed Suspicious Nov 2015 #28

Let me know how much per hour is ok to avoid taxes, i will see if i can.... Logical Nov 2015 #32

You've obviously never worked for tips. How elitist of you. Warpy Nov 2015 #40

Let me know if I can avoid taxes also. nt Logical Nov 2015 #41

Tips are taxable income, cash or not Retrograde Nov 2015 #42

How about the folks working at Gas stations? They are all open. nt madinmaryland Nov 2015 #6

Not all are open csziggy Nov 2015 #8

And somebody better be working the Lions and Cowboy games! NobodyHere Nov 2015 #7

There are many jobs which have people working on Thanksgiving. Snobblevitch Nov 2015 #9

It used to be was that the only restaura open were run by people that did not celebrate the holiday. alphafemale Nov 2015 #10

Well, blogslut Nov 2015 #11

yes dembotoz Nov 2015 #13

i'm used to working weekends/holidays too, but T-giving is where i draw the line TheFrenchRazor Nov 2015 #14

I would add that employees who work holidays blogslut Nov 2015 #18

thanksgiving day is an artificial construct. millions of people prefer to do something else so why msongs Nov 2015 #12

True! It is a silly argument! Pilots, airports, trains, hospitals, etc! Nt Logical Nov 2015 #16

How does that work? Easy. Not everyone has family to eat with on Thanksgiving kcr Nov 2015 #17

People have to eat TexasBushwhacker Nov 2015 #19

More annoying than shopping on Thanksgiving is when anyone Snobblevitch Nov 2015 #20

Some people have far more colorful names for the day.... MADem Nov 2015 #29

why may I ask? lunasun Nov 2015 #33

Uh oh, does Bill O know about the WAR ON THANKSGIVING???!!!! yellowcanine Nov 2015 #35

the issue is more that the big corporate businesses DO force people to work JI7 Nov 2015 #22

Airline workers, hospital workers, police, firemen, stadium (football) workers, television workers, cwydro Nov 2015 #23

The IT workers who'll keep the internet servers up and running while we complain (n/t) Retrograde Nov 2015 #43

I can understand why someone eating on Thanksgiving, yet not shopping would confuse you. LanternWaste Nov 2015 #25

"Constituency?" cwydro Nov 2015 #31

My family lived in a campground in the middle of Missouri during thanksgiving 2004. It was Ed Suspicious Nov 2015 #26

Some work by choice Kilgore Nov 2015 #27

i fear not many dembotoz Nov 2015 #30

Who is "we"? I don't get your complaint. yellowcanine Nov 2015 #34

a number of do not patronize stores open on turkey day posts here on du dembotoz Nov 2015 #37

For those of us that have no family, Mugu Nov 2015 #36

Here. Have a couple drumsticks on me. randome Nov 2015 #39

I'm in the middle of a business trip FLPanhandle Nov 2015 #38