re: I Love The Government Shutdown. In Fact, I Want Annual Furloughs (No, They Don’t Get Paid)

Funny how no one cared that our office was closed and I was one of the ones furloughed until it rained 4 inches last week. All of a sudden my phones ringing non stop with people wondering why the river gage is down or if the forecast is right cause the river is rising and water is getting really close to their house.
I supervise 10 guys. I have gotten calls everyday about "When we gonna go back to work?" We don't want to be furloughed we have a job to do and want to do it.
Will we get back pay...probably, and we should, We all have commitments to fulfill and didn't ask to be sent home. We want to work. The dumbest thing ever is to send us home then still pay us. So let us work. No we have to have a dick measuring contest in Washington because someone made a campaign promise that half the country wants and the other half will do anything not to fulfill.
The problem isn't with the federal employees around the nation..it's with the federal employees in Washington. Who by the way haven't done their job in years and are still getting paid during the shutdown.