"Because of that we decided to require trainee doctors allocated to ward work to attend Sandwell during today's strike".
A week later, on the pink promo bus, there is the sober business of work to attend to.
At the opposite end of the protest, Las Vegas roofer Rick Pollard said he skipped work to attend the rally.
Schaefer, who sported a No9 Mia Hamm jersey, said she took the day off from work to attend the parade.
When one assistant insists that she has to leave work to attend a family funeral, another quips, "Let him know she'll Blackberry all through the service".
"I don't see how we can forget this," said Barbara Henschel, 41, of who lives in nearby Milwaukee and took time off work to attend the service.
Zeshan Ali, 29, an elementary schoolteacher's aide, said he wanted to be able to take time off work to attend Friday noon prayers at the mosque.
It is still expensive, of course, to forgo work to attend college, and federal grants aren't growing as fast as living expenses.
"Being gay is due to lack of parental care," says Abdullahi Sani, a policeman who took time off work to attend the lashing in Bauchi.
Even when I made it to class, I was too busy catching up on missed school work to attend the one-off sex education sessions.
Erika: I decided to attend Pride at the last minute, after I found out that a friend and colleague was organising a team at work to attend.
