Does Good Friday being tonight at 12?

funky penguin

rubadub wrote:

Do you like having 2 days quaranteed off?, would you like more? What about 20? I don't like any holidays being forced upon me, most companies do it at christmas, religion again. Would you not rather have the choice to take off the days YOU want and not what suit your employer? Do they refuse you holidays if you ask 6 months in advance?

No. What kind of employer would do that?

Yes, I do like my 2 guarenteed days off, and I still get my 4 weeks holidays im entitled to. At my lesiure of course, with appropriate notice to my employer.

Now tonight me and all my co-workers are having a few drinks in because, fact is, its the only night we will get in the year to drink together. Personnally, considering all the Sh1t we put up with from drunken eejits etc, I think we deserve it. But it doesn't bother me that its forced on us.

rubadub

funky penguin wrote:

No. What kind of employer would do that?

Nursing, doctors, firemen and I would have thought many in the service industry like yourself would be refused certain days off, like christmas eve, new years eve etc, even if you asked 2 years in advance.

funky penguin wrote:

Yes, I do like my 2 guarenteed days off, and I still get my 4 weeks holidays im entitled to.
But it doesn't bother me that its forced on us.

So is a completely free holiday in your pub? does that go for all pubs? as then you say

But it doesn't bother me that its forced on us

as though it is taken from your annual leave.

funky penguin

rubadub wrote:

Nursing, doctors, firemen and I would have thought many in the service industry like yourself would be refused certain days off, like christmas eve, new years eve etc, even if you asked 2 years in advance.

Of course a request for new years, christmas eve, etc off work would be denied. Thats just common sense. (unless it was an emergancy). I would be putting my co-workers in a stressful position.

rubadub wrote:

So is a completely free holiday in your pub? does that go for all pubs?

Cant speak for other pubs, but Christmas Day and Good Friday do not cout towards my annual leave. I dont get paid for them, but I'm not one to argue over two days pay, especially when I'm not working on them.

RobertFoster

I think Paddys Day should be cancelled too. It's another Catholic holiday, except the non-Catholic alcoholics don't seem to complain about it as much :rolleyes:

Sangre

Good Friday is the only bank holiday of the year, we have about 7 other public holidays.
Kind of stupid I can't go into a shop and buy some booze, screw you church, i hope you die.