Needing to actually work over 80 hours to get OT actually does sound right, but you should get holiday pay+ straight pay for hours worked. I might need a spreadsheet to explain what I mean...

Ooh, you might have a very good case then. You should be paid time and half for all hours over 40 that you worked, though I'm much less certain how holidays play into that.

I have to admit, I see some atheists (#notallatheists, okay?) on FB making snide comments like "your invisible sky fairy" and I'm sooooooper unimpressed with their self-righteousness. And that shit contributes to the unfair stereotype that all atheists are dicks about it (which they are NOT).

This. I find the self-righteousness of the Some God believers equally annoying as the self-righteousness of Some atheists. IMHO, none of us are going to know for sure until we are dead, and maybe not then. A billion years ago I went to hear Billy Graham speak because my orator DH was curious. He PROMISED from the podium that if you came forward you would go to heaven. That really upset me, for obvious reasons. Not so much a promise he could grant.

Anyway, this doctor death has hit me hard on a couple levels. He wasn't one of my favorites at all. Kind of an ass, but always nice enough to me. I think he was about my age, MD license in '83, so sounds like in his 60s. About a month ago his nurse for about the last 30 years had a massive seizure followed up by strokes. The practice was of course devastated by that, and no doubt he was grieving over her loss. I don't know if her forced retirement was a factor in his decision to retire or if that was already in the plan. But he was going to hang up his stethoscope and retire in 6 weeks. Then boom, gone. Being a doctor in a hospital he practiced in they did everything possible and no doubt a whole lot more, but the damage was too great. He was part of a large group and I wouldn't be surprised if some of the docs that have been discussing retiring might get more serious.

It would be really nice if I didn't go while I was working, but given the % of my hours that are spent doing just that, the odds are not in my favor. Blah.

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I have to admit, I see some atheists (#notallatheists, okay?) on FB making snide comments like "your invisible sky fairy" and I'm sooooooper unimpressed with their self-righteousness.

Yeah, that really bothers me. It's always upsetting when someone from my tribe (so to speak) does stuff to reinforce negative stereotypes. Same in regard to politics.

Same in regard to politics.

Exactly! I can deal with the other side being asses, but I would prefer my side be beyond reproach.

There are always assholes in every group. All you can hope is that there are enough non-assholes who are loud enough that people not in your group don't identify the whole group with the assholes. You know?

Suzi, if you're exempt, I'd imagine the argument is that they are giving you free money by paying any overtime at all, so they can do what they want. But see if AaM responds!

My job is super making me crazy today. I thought these people were taking care of a low-value task of mine for me, but they totally fucked it up, so now I've spent most of the day on it anyway. Annoying!

Yeah, Pascal's Wager has always bugged me. Part of it was it's an argument to adopt a belief system based on a reward you're gonna get and/or a punishment you'll avoid.

But there's a big logical flaw in it. It assumes that there are only two possibilities: 'There is no God', or 'There is the Christian God.' Pascal's Wager should be adopted to include all religions. In that case, you'd believe the religion with the best heaven and worst hell.

But then the religion with the best heaven might not be the one with the worst hell, so if you want to invest your soul conservatively you should believe the religion with the worst hell, so if you're wrong you won't go to the worst hell, just some other hell.

But if you want to invest your soul aggressively you should believe in the religion with the best heaven, even though if you believe wrongly you could end up in the worst hell.

Which religion has the best heaven? My beliefs don't really include one. I could upgrade.

Laura, I'm sorry about the doctor. It's just a bit more cruel that he was so close to retirement.

I hope you're able to take some time for yourself soon.