Gay Without a Day Protest

People were supposed to call in sick, but they were supposed to say they couldn't come in because they're gay. Unfortunately, it seems that a recession is absolutely the wrong time to try to get people to risk their jobs. (full article here: http://www.wtop.com/?nid=104&sid=1542276)



a little quote from the article: <"Constantly lying about our weekends at the water cooler or changing pronouns, that takes up so much energy that we could be putting into our jobs," she said.>>

Elisabeth: Because if I had any extra energy, the first thing I'd direct it to would be my job, for sure. That's probably where the recession is coming from, actually.
Erin: Although, really, who DOESN'T lie about their weekend?? "did some work around the house, went out with some friends, you know" = "played world of warcraft for 30 hours, went up 3 levels"

For those who did call in, we'd imagine the call to go something like this:

Employee: hi, yeah I'm not coming into work today.
Boss: oh, ok.
Employee: yeah, because I'm gay.
Boss: um... ok
Employee: yeah, i can't come to work today because I'm gay.
Boss: so... do you want to use a sick day?
Employee: oh.. i didn't think about that
Boss: i mean, i don't mean you're sick... it's just you know.. you shouldn't have to take a vacation day... what is it like a strike?
Employee: I guess so, it's day without a gay.
Boss: are you going to demonstrate somewhere
Employee: I was just going to sleep in... and just you know, not be at work
Boss: oh, like ghandi
Employee: yeah, but I'm probably going to eat a lot.
Boss: but you'll be here tomorrow
Employee: yeah, for sure, it's "day without a gay" not "two days without a gay"
Boss: so does this mean John isn't coming in either?
Employee: John's gay?
Boss: no... but he would totally fake it to get the day off!
Employee: oh, for sure! Ok, well gotta go.
Boss: have a nice day without a gay
Employee: yeah, you too.