I sometimes benefit unnecessarily from working for an extremely woke employer. I’m not at all religious, but I get a lot of religious holidays, including today’s.<\/p>\n
Still wondering?<\/p>\n
It’s Eid. Eid al-Fitr, or so they tell me, a Muslim holiday celebrating the end of Ramadan. Or so they tell me. I take the celebrants’ word for it on these things.<\/p>\n
Originally my employer (that would be my local public school district) had\u00a0tomorrow<\/em> as the day off, a weirdo middle-of-the-week holiday that would have meant going to school on Monday then having Tuesday off.<\/p>\n Yeah, nobody wants that.<\/p>\n Some weeks ago district officials informed us that they were switching the day off to Monday to better reflect the true spirit of Ramadan or some such thing.<\/p>\n Hmm.<\/p>\n I have my doubts, but once again… I defer to the celebrants.<\/p>\n Nobody seems to be complaining.<\/p>\n Me included.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I sometimes benefit unnecessarily from working for an extremely woke employer. I’m not at all religious, but I get a lot of religious holidays, including today’s. Still wondering? It’s Eid. Eid al-Fitr, or so they tell me, a Muslim holiday … Continue reading