Super "sick."
While, from the outside, it may seem like a California surfer’s life is all milk and honey, good times and chill vibes, it can get rough and tough in the Golden State. From too many converted vans taking up the prime beachfront parking spaces to the sun shining in eyes when it sets, globs of tar that, occasionally get stuck to the bottom of feet to former World Surf League CEO Erik Logan prowling around… Not easy.
Thankfully, the almost universally adored governor, Gavin Newsom, just signed a new law raising the mandatory sick days workers get from three to five.
“Too many folks are still having to choose between skipping a day’s pay and ‘taking care of themselves’ or their family members when they get ‘sick,’” Newsom declared. “We’re making it known that the ‘health and wellbeing’ of workers and their families is of the utmost importance for California’s future.”
“Taking care of themselves,” “sick” and “health and wellbeing” all clearly dogwhistles for surfers.
With these two extra “sick days,” it will be much easier for the state’s hardened wave sliders to maximize the swell that is sure to be whipped up thanks to El Niño.
Newsom and his allies in the legislature, in another wink to surfers, rejected the California Chamber of Commerce-supported alternative bill that would allow for five days, as well, but also require employees to provide “proof of the reason for their absence.”
Buzzkills, man.
“Cooler” heads prevailed, though.
Super “sick.”
Do you remember when Governor Newsom closed beaches during Covid and “fined” surfers?
Another solid wink wink.
The wave sliders’ friend.
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So pretty driving out through Fairfax, San Geronimo and seeing the trees changing color.
Glory days. Shadows getting longer, leaves changing color, wind pattern shift, surf fun, that golden afternoon light, Crisp mornings. Who says California doesn’t have seasons!
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Dear BG,
I’m at the back end of my fifth week of SL and have next week off as well. Kinda want to go back to work after that cause I’m getting bored. Only have another 10 weeks SL up my sleeve. What should I do?
Ol’ Gil
if you’re feeling better, why not take a 3 (sick) day trip with some of that time and treat yourself bro! I am pretty sure you will get unanimous pre-approval from your fellow Beachgrit colleagues 😃.
All in favor say: “I”
We can write you a note.
Please! My captor errrr wife is killing me!
Ok hold the screen up and let her read this:
Dear Mrs. Gunderson,
Please excuse little Gil, as he done be sick and need a rest from the workins. He seen a doctor and the doctor sez he need a rest and to prolly go surfin as much as possibul, becuase the salty watar is a miracle cure. Sho nuff.
Signed,
BeachGrit commentary peeple. (or at least channelbottom and frank)
Paging Dr Channelbottom! Thanks in advance. Pretty sure she’ll be waxing up for me after seeing this…
beam ‘er up, Scotty! (Star Trek reference)
WE THE PEOPLE…
Chuck the golf on and polish the dolphin!
Xox
Geezus, which window are you peeping through! You know me too well hahaha
government and union workers need only apply…
IBEW Local 47…15 days and still meet standards. I’ll take a couple more.
parrot says what?
3 is ridiculous, we have 10 here in NZ.
Do your sheep get any sick days?
Just sore asses.
Yeah. What the fuck? Fucken USA man.
I mean how the hell is any employer going to be able to afford a holiday house and a new boat when the peasants just keep on wanting instead of working.
You’re doing it wrong. You should just wait until your BLM/Antifa activist friend is murdered, then start a GoFundMe for you to take “sick” time off work to maybe grieve, more likely get stupid stoned.
Fucking ghoul lefties profiting off death. No shame.
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You seem to enjoy focusing in on the idiots out there Otto.
You seem to have noticed why I focus on you. Bravo
one’s primary goal in life (after finding perfect waves and true love) should be to find a job that doesn’t care about counting ‘sick’ days.
True.
For those of us happily self-employed, the term “sick days” has a far different meaning.
Haven’t got sick once since retirement. A bit more decrepid though.
Haha, it’s all those early starts, dane…
yep. early bird used to get the worms. woke up at 10:30 this AM. SCARY!
Yawn patrol…
At least we can understand you and you ain’t dribbling just yet!
wet the sheets…drooling!
Ain’t we all in some way, shape or form
One step closer to ensuring that all non-skilled labor is automated in California, but at least a robot isn’t going to look at me sideways when I’m disinclined to tip for the mere task of pouring a drip coffee into a cup.
during and after the pandemic I’m inclined to tip everyone in the food service business, especially the independent food markets that supply me with meat, fish, produce, even substances. am very prone to making sure the Christian Syrians (who own ALL the state liquor stores) know and like me ’cause if they change their minds and cut off general sales and go black market…well, you know, like the opposite of the govt pot business, also black market. I tip the substance delivery guy very well.
Chipotle testing robots.
Gavin Newsom couldn’t find a single, suitable black lesbian in all of California to replace Diane Feinstein on an interim basis, so he looked and looked, and looked some more, near and far, far and wide, and it wasn’t till he looked in Maryland that he found that checks-all-the-boxes black lesbian.
So basically Gavin is announcing there is not one black lesbian in all of California worthy of his appointment. Too funny.
Hmm. Isn’t lesbian actually a hate term, to tallychoppers!?
And to trout sniffers
High standards!
Didn’t have a to look that far away for a dark money activist baby killing whore
How’s that Eddy Munster freak Gates working out for your party?
Fine. Agree with many of his points about McCarthy. McCarthy hasn’t held true to his word about spending. There are many Republicans in Congress who are Democrats. There are no Democrats in Congress who are Republicans. The work that is now required is improving the Speakership. Jim Jordan is a great pick. Scalise would be too.
I think the Democrats didn’t figure McCarthy would step away and not seek it again. We’ll see how it plays out. There will be a new Speaker by next week.
Please god not Jin Jordan. Would rather have Scalise. Whoever it is they better bring up a funding bill for Ukraine or no country will ever trust America to follow through with anything, as well as China being given the green light to invade Taiwan
Speaking of trust, Europe must stop acting like America’s trust fund fuckwit kid. So far we’ve SPENT $75 Billion on aid to Ukraine. That includes economic, humanitarian and military aid. That DOES NOT include aid we’ve sent to “allies”. Ukraine is corrupt as fuck. Zelensky has jailed political opposition, refused to do an election (little dictator-iish) and likely has the goods on corrupt Joe Biden. Like most federal spending, there’s been no accounting once it leaves Washington DC hands. And admissions that military aid is getting into the hands of criminal enterprises. We demand an audit. We’ve nearly reached the end of any significant military action as we enter winter. Ukraine’s counteroffensive did not achieve significant milestones. If the Dems want money for Ukraine they must kill their pet projects and wasteful spending. Our country is going bankrupt.
Who gave China a greenlight? This administration has done nothing to deter.
Jim Jordan is gonna be great as Speaker.
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Do you smoke a lotta dope?
Harvest time buddy. https://uploads.disquscdn.c…
Not yet c4! Too young, let ’em ripen another month. This is the point where I would be camping out next to my babies toting some heat for anybody caught sniffing around. Nice kolas though.
Got motion sensors all over the yard and a dog. Chem 4 left , Sour Diesel right.
Mushed up brains in the middle.
Sounds like you’ve had a bad experience with weed. It’s not good for disturbed individuals, especially high quality.
Sounds like you need it too much
Way of life up here. Marin was hippies, musicians, mountain bikes and weed when I was growing up. Now it’s tech kooks.
Stay safe !!
We cant smoke it here
Youll lose your license and therefore your living.
But when i can i only need a coupla puffs.
Dosent seem like its making your society very functional.
But whatever.
It’s just different here. It’s just a normal thing to do. No different than drinking a beer. My community is as functional as it gets. City is different.
Sydney seems pretty nice too. I’ll visit sometime.
Well ive punched about a million cones and to be honest it kept me outta trouble
Impressive fer sure! Soooo much trimming though… rewarded in the end.
Yea I hate trimming. I gotta drink a few pale ales to get through the tedium. Buy a pair of Fiskars scissors. They’re worth it.
I miss weed.
Green Grass and High Tides forever!
I like low incoming. Spots around here suck at high.
universal empirical truth. but Backdoor and Rocky Lefts are going off right now even with all the fine golden sand. wish we were there! I’ll take the lefts!
VTA has been sucking all year; regardless of tides. tide pools are awesome.
Seems like Emma Wood is rideable pretty often. I don’t know about anything south of SB
black trannies are furious too and are demanding equity and reparations.
they got the needs something fierce
When I first read about his appointment I thought it was an Onion article or Chas being funny. Then I realized I was on CNN and I got worried. What a time to be alive.
I remember living up north in dirty, liberal Frisco. Unlike it’s conservative neighbors to the south, beaches were never closed during Covid. I also remember using all my sick days for surfing. A move south has made me sick looking at a perpetually flat, wind chopped ocean. Oh well, plenty of time to work now.
Glassy and eighty five degrees up here today.
The bay looked so glassy you could probably ski on it!
Calling out stats-
50% -Because I hate this fucken place and if I could quit I would
25%- Sick
25%- Hungover