Summer Hours

OK - so i finally work for the side of the business that actually gives time off for the holidays...week between xms & new year's - the day after thanksgiving, you know - the time that the FREE world recognizes as holiday time.
now, if i could just get the head of this company to "grok" summer hours. east coast business partners either leave at 3p on fridays or take the entire day off. in this economy, a lot of companies are offering their staff fridays off in exchange for at least one additional hour of work from monday thru friday. west coast business partners are doing the same, and in some cases, let staff leave between 2 adn 3, since their east coast counterparts are already gone.
part of the problem is the owner of this company is a freak of a work-a-holic. he takes his crackberrry to the bathroom with him! it's ri-god-damed-diculous! he was on vacation in hawaii for most of the past week and sent emails EVERYDAY! take a fucking break, dude. plus - he has a staff of people, mostly young who think it's ok to work 10-12 hour days, or older staff that have wives and family that apparently don't care if they are not home EVER and take care of everything for them, ie: cooking, cleaning, feeding pets, school meetings, etc. there was even one guy who MISSED his 5 year old twin girls' birthday party, because he had to stay in the office from 7.30a to who knows how late. (obviously passed the 5 year old's bedtime) SHAME!!! so most everyone is working 8+ hours a day, therefore there is no leverage to campaign for 1/2 fridays or god forbid the whole day off.
now, i have company in town from chicago. by 2p today - it's gonna be dead as a doornail for me. no calls, no emails, no RESPONSES to emails for sure. i'm going to be sitting here with my dick in my hands, counting down the minutes til i can leave at 6p.
fuck!
i'm just sayin'.