Summer Holiday!

The beauty of working in a place of education is that when the students are on holiday, the staff are on holiday.. that includes the poor over-worked ICT Technicians. 6 weeks of pure, paid, lazy bliss. Oh yes!

17 comments so far

  1. Rosemarie said:
    On 21 Jul at 5:51 pm

    do you get paid? :P

  2. Jem said:
    On 21 Jul at 5:51 pm

    @Rose: 6 weeks of pure, paid, lazy bliss.

  3. Rosemarie said:
    On 21 Jul at 5:53 pm

    *sits in a hole*

  4. Amelie said:
    On 21 Jul at 5:56 pm

    PAID?!! You get PAID over your holidays?! *Stares*

  5. Frosty said:
    On 21 Jul at 6:12 pm

    Damn. I’m still in school and I’m jealous of you! :P Although I don’t envy the students, only 6 weeks of break? That’s not shibby at all. :P

  6. Jem said:
    On 21 Jul at 8:53 pm

    @Frosty: we get more breaks thoughout the year though, so I think it adds up.

  7. Nan said:
    On 21 Jul at 9:29 pm

    Uhm sounds really nice. So are you going to spend your holiday somewhere nice?

  8. Chans said:
    On 21 Jul at 10:19 pm

    Lucky you! I’m happy I even got two weeks off work . In six hours I’m leaving for the Czech Republic though :) which sort of makes up for only having two weeks off.

  9. Amanda said:
    On 21 Jul at 10:24 pm

    ….which is why I’m studying secondary education at university. *envisions years of holidays stretching in front of her* ;)

  10. Gemma said:
    On 21 Jul at 11:56 pm

    Oh, the nostalgia of the six-week school holiday… hope you enjoy it!

  11. Vera said:
    On 22 Jul at 5:16 am

    Only six weeks? Wow summer holidays (for kids) last 3 months (both uni and high school). I think teachers have 2 months, on account of exams in september (you know, for those who didn’t pass in june).

  12. Tish said:
    On 22 Jul at 9:55 am

    I am SO GLAD it’s over for 6 weeks. If I have to face one more arrogant teacher or dumb technician (long story short: I was typing out HTML for a website project at school and the technician comes up behind me and says “what’s that?”) I will spontaneously combust. And I’m also happy I get to choose my options next year. Yay yay and yay. And you actually get paid for it? Wow. I’m definitely going to be a technician. Enjoy your lazy holiday :P

  13. Adastra said:
    On 22 Jul at 10:54 am

    *envy*. I wish we had something like that, but the whole company never goes on holiday. Though in this weather it would be a real treat. Nobody is in much of a mood to work in those temperatures. Anyways, I’ll have 4 weeks of vacation in October, which is fair enough ;)

  14. Karl said:
    On 22 Jul at 12:12 pm

    here’s the even better bit…since I also work in a school, I’m off paid as well! So, 6 weeks of kicking Jems at at PCs..heh.

  15. Jordie said:
    On 22 Jul at 1:50 pm

    How boring!

  16. Xeronia said:
    On 22 Jul at 2:28 pm

    Nice!

  17. Mae said:
    On 26 Jul at 12:55 am

    Awwww… I wish I could work in a school too hahaha… I’m a sucker for holidays (with pay!) :D