It's the 4th of July

When I was working as a telephone operator at a hotel working holidays were always a joy. The public (and you know who you are) would call to speak to various offices and were always *ALWAYS* stunned to discover that the offices were closed for the holiday. Even though, the callers themselves, were off for the holiday.

The last Independence Day I worked a call came in from over seas, the caller asked for the accounting department. The caller was told that it was the 4th of July. After a pause, the caller asked again to speak the accounting department. He was told again that it was the 4th of July.

At this point the caller became angry and asked to speak to the manager. He wanted to know why he couldn't speak to the accounting department. The manager told him that it was the 4th of July.

After a few more back and forths it became clear that the caller didn't know it was a holiday. When he was told that it was Independence Day, a national holiday, the caller pointed out that he had no reason to know our country's holidays. Did we know his county's holidays?

"Butbutbut," we were all thinking, "We're America! We don't need to know your holidays because we're the masters and you're the servant. You *have* to know our needs. We're better than you. Why don't you know that? Are you stupid? Do you need to go back to school? Do you need to be fired and sent to your room?"

I think this sums us up as a country.

Happy 4th of July, everyone.