Bloody Bank Holidays!

[Super-Shiny]

Don't let my kids see this post

[lobeydosser]

May 6, 2013 16:25:49 GMT Gasper said:

Think I remember reading somewhere that we have the fewest public holidays in Europe. Cheer up Lobey, there's another Bank Holiday in a couple of weeks

Fortunately for me, my year has 365 "bank holidays" and have had for the past 16 years.

I still canny get used to them.

[irishcas]

I live from one bank holiday to another.
Have 4 weeks or so till the next one

[lobeydosser]

May 6, 2013 21:32:30 GMT irishcas said:

I live from one bank holiday to another.
Have 4 weeks or so till the next one

So it is all your fault!!!

You work in a bank then?

[irishcas]

ha ha no not at all.
I work Mon to Friday , I am off every Bank Holiday.
I used to work nights for 10 years and works nights for 10 Christmas's in a row.
I know whatr it is like to work a Bank Holiday.
But I couldnt do it now

[Deleted]

I used to get paid double time if I worked a bank holiday when I worked at Unipath, was on almost £20 an hour Those were the days!

[irishcas]

I got double time plus time
Could never really understand why they didnt call it treble time

[Perpetua]

May 6, 2013 22:11:58 GMT @simate said:

I used to get paid double time if I worked a bank holiday when I worked at Unipath, was on almost £20 an hour Those were the days!

Indeed they were Si . . . like Sunday working used to be paid at a premium rate. Doesn't happen now, it's all considered to be part of a normal working week. 

[Deleted]

May 6, 2013 22:29:20 GMT Perpetua said:

May 6, 2013 22:11:58 GMT @simate said:

I used to get paid double time if I worked a bank holiday when I worked at Unipath, was on almost £20 an hour Those were the days!

Indeed they were Si . . . like Sunday working used to be paid at a premium rate. Doesn't happen now, it's all considered to be part of a normal working week. 

I don't agree with working Sundays. Sundays are a family day, well they were when I was a boy anyway. I know shops say "we need to open every Sunday or we'll go under". Shops back in my day seemed to do alright being closed. Its easy for them to say that at the moment due to the financial state of the world but we haven't been in a resession for donkeys years yet they still wanted to open every Sunday. Its pure greed and nothing more.

[Deleted]

Some companies STILL pay double bubble on a Sunday ( like mine ) I also get paid double time from 12 noon Saturday . I'm not a lover of working weekends but in my industry it's the only time the work can be done .

[Perpetua]

May 6, 2013 22:35:49 GMT @simate said:

May 6, 2013 22:29:20 GMT Perpetua said:

Indeed they were Si . . . like Sunday working used to be paid at a premium rate. Doesn't happen now, it's all considered to be part of a normal working week. 

I don't agree with working Sundays. Sundays are a family day, well they were when I was a boy anyway. I know shops say "we need to open every Sunday or we'll go under". Shops back in my day seemed to do alright being closed. Its easy for them to say that at the moment due to the financial state of the world but we haven't been in a resession for donkeys years yet they still wanted to open every Sunday. Its pure greed and nothing more.

You won't find many shop workers actually wanting to work Sundays, I hated it with a passion Si . . . my feeling has always been people only have so much money to spend, whether that's over 6 or 7 days. It doesn't increase business, just spreads it over more days.

But as virtually everyone does now trade 7 days it's become expected by customers and no business wants or can afford to lose out. It's the shop worker who is the loser . . . but we all have to be grateful for the employment thesedays so there isn't much of an option.

[Deleted]

May 6, 2013 22:42:54 GMT @storm said:

Some companies STILL pay double bubble on a Sunday ( like mine ) I also get paid double time from 12 noon Saturday . I'm not a lover of working weekends but in my industry it's the only time the work can be done .

What industry are you in?

[Mev]

bank robber

[OneDay]

It's not just Sundays. I'm sure I'm not the only one that remembers when shops were closed Sundays, closed every day at 5.30 and closed at lunch time on Wednesdays. Offices opened 9-5, monday to Friday. Pubs closed in the afternoon and at 10.30 in the evening. Their customers didn't starve or go without, they just planned around the known opening hours.

[djs]

I went into work tonight (small emergency, nothing to worry about..) and decided to check my emails in a quiet moment.

Opened them up and the first one read.

"Dear DJS, blah, blah, blah....
I wondered if you might be able to phone me today or tomorrow to discuss (xyz)" yada, yada, etc.

Someone sent me this a 9.13 on a Sunday morning knowing it was a bank holiday and it's a business email address, not my private one....

I give up. I shall ignore it and reply tomorrow at 9.00am and 15 seconds.