cjd-player
Senior Member
A memo circulating aroud the office:
"So you want the day off?
Let's take a look at what you are asking for...
There are 365 days per year available for work.
There are 52 weeks per year, in which you already have 2 days off per week, leaving 261 days available for work.
Since you spend 16 hours each day away from work, you have used up 170 days, leaving only 90 days available.
You spend 30 minutes each day on coffee break.
That accouonts for 23 days per year, leaving only 68 available.
With a one-hour lunch period each day, you have used up another 46 days, leaving only 22 available for work.
You normally spend 2 days per year on sick leave.
This leaves you only 20 days available for working.
We are off for 5 holidays per year, so your available working time is down to 15 days.
We generously give you 14 vacation days per year, which leaves only one day available for work,
and I'll be damned if you're going to take that day off!"
After reading that, I realized that if I retire, I lose my weekends (104 days), my 8 hours per day away from home (78 days), my coffee breaks (23 days), my lunch breaks (46 days), my 5 holidays, and my 14 vacation days.
So if I retire, I'll have to work 270 days per year for my wife. :shock:
Allowing 8 hours per night to sleep (109 days per year) that leaves only 256 days.
270 minus 256: that's a 14-day deficit! I don't have time to retire. :mrgreen:
"So you want the day off?
Let's take a look at what you are asking for...
There are 365 days per year available for work.
There are 52 weeks per year, in which you already have 2 days off per week, leaving 261 days available for work.
Since you spend 16 hours each day away from work, you have used up 170 days, leaving only 90 days available.
You spend 30 minutes each day on coffee break.
That accouonts for 23 days per year, leaving only 68 available.
With a one-hour lunch period each day, you have used up another 46 days, leaving only 22 available for work.
You normally spend 2 days per year on sick leave.
This leaves you only 20 days available for working.
We are off for 5 holidays per year, so your available working time is down to 15 days.
We generously give you 14 vacation days per year, which leaves only one day available for work,
and I'll be damned if you're going to take that day off!"
After reading that, I realized that if I retire, I lose my weekends (104 days), my 8 hours per day away from home (78 days), my coffee breaks (23 days), my lunch breaks (46 days), my 5 holidays, and my 14 vacation days.
So if I retire, I'll have to work 270 days per year for my wife. :shock:
Allowing 8 hours per night to sleep (109 days per year) that leaves only 256 days.
270 minus 256: that's a 14-day deficit! I don't have time to retire. :mrgreen:
