Holidays @ the Office

The office is usually empty during the week of Christmas and New Year's. Employees who choose not to go on vacation do so for one of two reasons. I like it nice and quiet so that I can work in peace with less people interrupting me. Less interruptions = increased productivity. Most other people do this so they can have free vacation time, yet get credit for work. These people know they can just fool around for the day because their boss is on vacation. They immediately look for their friends as soon as they come in (1-2 hours late) so they can socialize for an hour or so. Then after that, it's off to the personal phone calls. When employees do this, they show lack of respect towards the people actually doing the work and to their colleagues who took real vacation days.