A TRIBUTE TO THE VAMPIRE WORKER
Some of you may recall a post I wrote awhile back about vampires entering the workforce. As we’re about to celebrate a national holiday dedicated to the American worker (which originally started in Canada, but I digress), I can’t help but feel a certain pride that vampires can finally stand up and be celebrated alongside their breather co-workers.
I would like to extend my own hearty appreciation to all those who frequent the graveyard shift: the letter carriers who specialize in overnight deliveries, the personal assistants who can type faster than their bosses think, the construction workers who don’t need a forklift. I congratulate the ever growing list of doctors, lawyers and businesspeople who were willing to spend so much time in night school, the tradesmen and artisans who would risk prejudice and loss of patronage by announcing themselves as “vampire small business owners.” Even those whose careers haven’t changed, who provided clandestine services to undead to help us navigate the time before our revelation, but can now openly offer their services.
Of these, there are two individuals I’d like to single out. Chester is a vampire who once resided in Illinois and became involved in the Pullman Strike of 1894, the conflict that would eventually lead to Labor Day to become a national holiday. He still remembers the details vividly, and uses the lessons learned as he now serves as the chief foreman of his own night-based workforce. His employees universally laud him as fair, honest and willing to discuss his employees’ concerns without fear of repercussions.
The other is an undead who has truly gone above and beyond in his choice of employment. Though his modesty led him to make sure he wasn’t mentioned by name, this vampire is a member of the fire department in a major city. Unlike other hazards, fire is dangerous to our kind, and the fact that he’s willing to risk his life alongside the others is a lesson in courage and selflessness we can all admire.
So again, here’s a big thank you to all you honest wage-earners out there. Have a day off. You’ve earned it.
September 4th, 2009 at 2:13 pm
As a Life Coach and Spiritual Teacher, I am always trying to open the minds and hearts of my clients and students to the adversity that is in the world around them.
Since these new category of citizenry has come out of the shadows, I am less than surprised that many have been working within the boundaries of the night to support themselves.
I look forward to a reworking of many of the histories written not by the victors, but by those who witnessed the events. A while back, I read that Bon Temps had quite the experience with a history of the Civil War as recounted by a resident who had actually grown up there and recently returned.
Labor Day is about the workers, I welcome any and all workers to the festivities we will be having and though they start around 2 PM, they will be going long into the night, for both the enjoyment of the breathing as well as our vampire co-workers.
September 4th, 2009 at 2:33 pm
Ive become a specalist in “hypnotherapy” so that I can glamor people into stopping bad habbits, drugs, smoking, improving there life, I dont abuse my power to change them beyond the issues that they are looking to improve. I think that the great reveal, while dangerous, and i still am iffy about it, has allowed me to help those who need it. I also do volunteer police work, say they have a vampire on the loose who is going crazy, short of silver bullets and fire, I find I have a much easier time restraining them.
-ASF
September 4th, 2009 at 8:17 pm
Labour Day is not a national holiday in The Cayman Islands. In Jamaica however, it is celebrated on May 23. It replaced the birthday of Queen Victoria (I could tell you some stories about her) called Empire Day, on May 24. Here we celebrate Labour Day as a day of community unity and development. We plant neighbourhood gardens, repair and paint community buildings, etc. The idea is to celebrate community spirit and national unity through collective hard work. If there is one day each year when the national motto “Out Of Many, One People” is true, It’s Labour Day.
But hears the thing. Labour Day is just that; a day event. All the activities of community bonding takes place in the day. After a long day of work most of the humans are tired. This leaves out us night crawlers. Some vampires feel left out as most other supernatural minorities (weres, shifters, etc.) get to participate. Because of this I’ve encouraged the human authorities to add night projects to the official roster of activities so that human and vampires can work together. Some progress has been made.
We have a lot of career vampires here too. I’m particularly proud of one that I’ve sired who gives night lectures at the University of the West Indies, Mona. I think vampire teachers have so much to offer humanity. Who best to teach history than someone who was there when it was being made. Who best to teach physics than one who knows how to bend its laws. I could go on. Many a vampire scientist has allowed a human to take credit for his work in order to share great discoveries with mankind without exposing himself. I guess some good things did come out of the great revelation. Now we can work together opening and share equally the fruits of our labours.
September 5th, 2009 at 10:47 am
Labours day is not something to be celebrated at all, by any group of people. What it is is a holiday of the leftist pantheon, a relic from the dinosaur called communism.
KingofJamaica- this whole idea that somehow the share of the fruits of labour could be unjust is based on a misunderstanding, if you dont like your pay, be you man, woman, black, white, vampire or what have you, - just move on and get another job.
September 5th, 2009 at 10:30 pm
I happen to like the idea of extending Labour Day celebrations to night time festivities as well your Highness.
Perhaps I shall suggest that in the little town where I make my residence, that we have a special celebration after dark. I do enjoy fireworks, but the ‘flaming’ aspect is a little daunting. I understand that there are some lovely laser shows at a place called Disney World, perhaps one day I shall have to go out there for a look.
Whatever your chosen profession, I do hope that you all get the opportunity to rest and relax on this day, or on the day chosen by your community.
And I shall raise my glass to all the hardworking brother and sisters out there, who make life a little more livable (if you’ll pardon the pun), for us all.
Saude!
September 6th, 2009 at 3:37 am
Andrew, Thanks so much for mentioning the Pullman strike. Being from the South Side of Chicago. I am very aware of Pullman as a matter of fact. I lived in the West Pullman area. So many times I have seen the Pullman Mansion and the beautiful houing of the Pullman workers. Any way, I am working this long week end. My coworkers are hard workers except for on breather who is a “dead beat” No he is not a Vampire just a human who is lazy.
Everyone hada a good week end.
September 7th, 2009 at 6:40 pm
LET ME OUT OF HERE….I WANT TO DO SOMETHING BAD
September 7th, 2009 at 9:43 pm
First off, pardon my spelling, si vous plait. I did not learn english untill I was over a hundrad years old, and I hafe rarely needed to write it. Never really seen the point of working in the human world. Everything I own I got by hunting or glamering. This computer and this maison came with the meel, so to speek.
The nature of the vampire is to hunt. We are pedetors. I hafe gone years at a time without spendeng money. Indeed, I hafe gone years at a time without engaging in any human aktivities. I hafe sleept under the marsh mud, and wurn the clothes of my prey until they rotted off me, and then stolen more clothes. Sometimes I hafe gone naked for yeers at time, becawse who needs clothes wen one hunts always from the stelth?
For now, it amuzes me to play with this meels toys, and enjoy his house. Wen I become bored with it, I will burn it down and go back to sleeping in the marsh mud.
Just as I kame out of the swamp brefly to enjoy the radio, and the movie, and the televison, and then went back to the swamp wen my curiousity was satisfied, so will I soon grow bored with this internet and return to the swamp.
All human devices are toys to us, who hafe who no need for anthing but blood and darkness. Toys are to be played with and discarded, not worked for.
September 8th, 2009 at 3:24 am
Very interesting. If you are interested many Vampires attend night school to brush up on their English. Not that I couldn’t understand what you were saying…Just a thought. I do admire that you have not mainstreamed and have stuck to you ways.
Questions? male or female? What counrty were you “brought over” in?. Age? Do you even remember your human life? have you seen the movie Swamp Thing?
September 8th, 2009 at 6:57 am
I don’t get the hate here people, what’s wrong with sharing? Community? It seems strange that someone could be so virulently against those ideas. Anyhow, take a look at http://www.dubli.com: by working together on that site, things get cheaper.
But I guess that’s “communism”…
September 8th, 2009 at 10:20 pm
I don’t believe in work, me. Becoming a vampire gave me freedom, and I aint doin nothing to give that back! I wander the highways, sleeping in car-trunks or digging a hole in the ground depending on my luck that day. I’ve seen every part of the world from the tops of mountains to the deepest caves. Only place I have been is Antartica, cuz there aint no humans to eat there. One of these days I’ll pack up a crapload of true blood and visit there to! Work is for couilliones! Why work when we are built to not need to work?
October 25th, 2009 at 6:17 pm
In my opinion vampire doctors should be payed in blood. I mean, c’mon. We should at least be able to sneak a little when nobodies lookin, right? Mabey ill apply for that job… or i could walk down the street to that damn fangbanger party and bring one or two of em home tonight… ;D
December 14th, 2009 at 10:58 am
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December 29th, 2009 at 3:18 am
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January 6th, 2010 at 9:08 pm
Why wont just one of you louisiana vampires or any vampire thats goodlooking anyway(male please) come make me a believer. Not talking about silly humans who think that they are vampire just because they are lost from this world so they cut on their friends, im talking to REAL vampires here.I have been here in louisiana all of my life and never even once came across an inkling of a feeling that anyone even in new orleans was a real undead vampire. So if you are real undead vampire, able to glamor me then what are you waiting for, where are you and why would you hide from one who is willing to work with you, of course if your real? I never said i want to be a vampire so dont mistake me, i said make me a believer.. I am just here in louisiana, lafayette louisiana that is, well near enough to lafayette, where are you, do you ever hang out on jefferson street on fridays or saturdays, if not , why? Thats where you might find me. But of course i doubt any of you REAL vampires will ever find me. Because you say you dont hang out with humans, whatever. That is nonsence. Be brave, i mean i know this site is just based on a series for HBO . but it got the attention of REAL vampires so, go along with it vampires, work toward getting your rights. Be brave and come hang out on jefferson st downtown lafayette la. Clubs all the way down jefferson. I will make you a deal, if you can deal? My deal is this, if you can find me, then if your glamor works on me, i’ll be ok with you biting me, if your glamor does not work then you have to buy my drinks for the rest of that night. Any serious takers, come you know you just cant resist a challenge, especially when blood is involved. Come on down all vamps welcome, invited what else can i say to get you so hot and interested that you WILL come here and deal with me. Just want proof for my own mind that you are indeed what you claim to be. We will have a great time come on over…