It’s Always Fun to be Surprised with a Three-Day Weekend
I'll admit that I'm about as clueless of my surroundings as one grown-up individual can be, but today had to be right up there with the best of them. I was working late today working on the efficiency of my historical cache in my market data server and went to the bathroom before leaving. I ran into a friend there who happened to say "Have a nice extended weekend."
What?
I asked him, disbelieving what he was telling me, and sure enough. Monday is a UBS Holiday - no work. I was floored.
Of course I had to ask a few others, because you never know when people are trying to pull a fast one on you, but the information checked out. I have Monday off.
Had I left on time I would have come in on Monday and been all alone.
Well... almost. When I told one of my co-workers he was floored too. He didn't know either. We both had to laugh. But then we realized that this is exactly the way we like it. Don't tell us too far ahead... then it's not a fun surprise. Now, I feel like I really have something to be happy about. Like Christmas all over again.
What a sweet surprise!