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<blockquote data-quote="OKNewshawk" data-source="post: 1995524" data-attributes="member: 6592">When I was in the Navy, if we were at sea, we were working on any holiday.&nbsp; When I worked for a TV station, we still broadcasted on holidays (but we worked reduced hours.)&nbsp; When I worked as a CSR, if we were scheduled on a holiday and didn&#039;t get approved for a day off, we worked it.&nbsp; However, when I worked at a cable local origination station in New Jersey, the only thing we did on Thanksgiving was videotape one of the many high school football games in the area, which meant overtime on top of the holiday pay-except for one year.&nbsp;&nbsp; We kept the remote production truck in a garage bay in the cable company office (which used to be a Lincoln-Mercury dealership).&nbsp; When we arrived that one Thanksgiving, we found the building was on reduced power due to a transformer blowing.&nbsp; We we&#039;re able to open the garage door so we couldn&#039;t get the truck out.&nbsp; We waited to see if the electric company was going to restore power in time for us to get the truck out and get to the high school to set up.&nbsp; When they didn&#039;t, we called it a day and went home.&nbsp; The reason for the partial blackout?&nbsp; A squirrel electrocuted itself on a transformer!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="OKNewshawk, post: 1995524, member: 6592"] When I was in the Navy, if we were at sea, we were working on any holiday. When I worked for a TV station, we still broadcasted on holidays (but we worked reduced hours.) When I worked as a CSR, if we were scheduled on a holiday and didn't get approved for a day off, we worked it. However, when I worked at a cable local origination station in New Jersey, the only thing we did on Thanksgiving was videotape one of the many high school football games in the area, which meant overtime on top of the holiday pay-except for one year. We kept the remote production truck in a garage bay in the cable company office (which used to be a Lincoln-Mercury dealership). When we arrived that one Thanksgiving, we found the building was on reduced power due to a transformer blowing. We we're able to open the garage door so we couldn't get the truck out. We waited to see if the electric company was going to restore power in time for us to get the truck out and get to the high school to set up. When they didn't, we called it a day and went home. The reason for the partial blackout? A squirrel electrocuted itself on a transformer! [/QUOTE]

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