Outlook hazy.

Then I guess I should call IT.

Well, neither of those answers occured to our receptionist. She boughts tickets and made plans to go out of town based on the email from the consultant. She never bothered to confirm with, oh, I don't know, HER BOSS until today. At which point she called me, pissed off at the consultant for telling her she had the day off. I asked her if she asked anyone and she said she "asked other people" and they thought the same thing she did. She is so very very young.

I had bright copper, thick, naturally curly hair as a kid, so my mother kept it long to my butt. She was willing to mess with it, so it stayed. I don't remember how old I was when we got it cut to just below shoulder length. I do remember she got the hair person to cut it off as a braid--and when we cleaned out her stuff after she died last year, we found the braid! She'd kept it for nearly forty years! I wasn't sure whether to be touched or horrified. My sisters and I all stared at it, then they looked at me, and I said, "Well, I'm not keeping it," and they looked relieved.

Anyway, Hubby wishes I'd grow it out, but it's getting long enough to pull out of my face and off my neck, and I've decided life's too short to go through a 90-degree+ summber with long, thick hair.

I'd definitely have checked with my boss, but being told no work is able to be done does seem to indicate that the office would be closed. That would have been my initial assumption.

being told no work is able to be done does seem to indicate that the office would be closed. That would have been my initial assumption.

Mine too. Were people supposed to work at home?

No, but I guess having been through office moves before, I would have assumed that I was expected to show up to help with the move (I knew I was working that day seeing as I'm ccordinating the move, so my judgement might be colored). However, I can see assuming the office would be closed, but I would think that for sure before purchasing travel tickets and booking hotel rooms I would ask my boss.

I would also have assumed that I have to show up and help with the move. I would think that would be true of a receptionist as well, although maybe not for other, non-administrative positions.

I would think that for sure before purchasing travel tickets and booking hotel rooms I would ask my boss.

Absolutely. A consultant outside the bureaucratic chain of command does NOT have the power to give people PTO.

but I would think that for sure before purchasing travel tickets and booking hotel rooms I would ask my boss.

I think that while it would have been very wise to do just that, may I say that I think your management shoud have clarified this issue before it became an issue. There should have been word from on high whether or not people were expected to help in the move and what their roles were. No one should have to guess. But asking still would have been the smart thing to do on her part, since nothing definitive by actual management had been announced.

may I say that I think your management shoud have clarified this issue before it became an issue. There should have been word from on high whether or not people were expected to help in the move and what their roles were. No one should have to guess.

Abso-flipping-lutely. Remember, these are the same people who forgot about my paycut for two months.