This will be the first year in at least the past five that I won’t have to work on Thanksgiving. Before, I worked as a journalist, and news breaks every day, including holidays (in fact, particularly on the holidays, as alcohol and families don’t always make a good fit). My girlfriend is working this Thanksgiving at her job as a CNA. Her mother, a nurse, is probably working as well. So are her two brothers; one a security guard, another a police officer. A lot of waiters and cooks will work on Thanksgiving. So will most movie theater employees. And …Read more »