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Holiday Weeks
By Jon Halgren
“Hey,
Kid did you take a job?” No the peg did not get to me, maybe tonight or
tomorrow. “Is there a reason you did not take a job?” “Just too many pegs
in the board.” “If a replacement comes in are you next out?” “I think
so.”
This was at the 84
Union Street Hall. I do not remember the name of the brother who spoke with me.
He went to the dispatchers’ window and talked to the dispatcher.
He
came back and started talking to me.
“You know
this week makes the paycheck of Christmas week. Believe it or not we had a
sometime tradition, when the regulars would make sure all the “B” would get
jobs for holiday weeks to have a nice paycheck, and a happy holiday.”
My name got called. I got a replacement. That was a good job. I would not
have understood why he checked out had he not told me the short story.
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