Page 5 | Do your work colleagues actually know it's Easter this weekend and that Friday and Monday are Bank Holidays?

cakeorwine · 2024-03-26T19:50:40+00:00

After some recent emails and conversations, I think some people just don't know. Maybe they are just out of the loop on these things.

Treesinmygarden · 26/03/2024 23:40

ErrolTheDragon · 26/03/2024 23:17

The rest of my team is in the US, they don't have these holidays. No idea whether they know or care that it's Easter.
What kind of halfwit would love their job so much they would want to work bank holidays?!

I nearly always work on bank hols - and take a different day off in lieu when the roads and anywhere we'd want to go are less crowded. What kind of halfwit takes the same day off as everyone else if they can avoid it?

Bully for you that you have that option! So many of us don't, but we're happy to hang out with family at home.

Treesinmygarden · 26/03/2024 23:39

FUPAgirl · 26/03/2024 23:32

Maybe the kind of 'half wit' who appreciates getting paid 'time and 2 thirds' for working it? 🤷‍♀️
And then gets a different day off instead.

If you're unfortunate enough to end up in a hospital over the holiday, you might even meet one of these half wits!

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Well for you!! We're not all in that fortunate place!

Treesinmygarden · 26/03/2024 23:38

DigitalDust · 26/03/2024 22:52

You can tell the people who love their jobs, can’t you?

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And no, I don't love my job! It's stressful, under-resourced, unappreciated, under-valued and much too pressurised. Is that ok with you?????!!

TroolyScrumptious · 26/03/2024 23:37

You know the clocks go forward too this weekend?!🤦‍♀️

Cazpar · 26/03/2024 23:36

We know, given the mass of 31 March deadlines that now have to be brought forward to 28 March all while trying to plan for the looming financial year end which arrives almost immediately after the holiday.

I enjoy Easter but it's very inconveniently timed this year.

ZetuianRose · 26/03/2024 23:35

I love not knowing when bank holidays are! Surprise day off! 😄

WildBear · 26/03/2024 23:33

Yes I knew. Booked tomorrow and Thursday as AL so I shan't be seen again for a week :-)

FUPAgirl · 26/03/2024 23:32

Treesinmygarden · 26/03/2024 22:53

You can tell the people who are burned out from their jobs, yes!

What kind of halfwit would love their job so much they would want to work bank holidays?!

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Maybe the kind of 'half wit' who appreciates getting paid 'time and 2 thirds' for working it? 🤷‍♀️
And then gets a different day off instead.

If you're unfortunate enough to end up in a hospital over the holiday, you might even meet one of these half wits!

ErrolTheDragon · 26/03/2024 23:19

JoBrodie · 26/03/2024 22:46

If you look at the Gov UK website https://www.gov.uk/bank-holidays on a Bank Holiday it will display some bunting.

Although I don't think it appears for Good Friday but should be there on Easter Monday.

At Christmas it's tinsel :)
https://github.com/alphagov/calendars/issues/678

Jo

Perhaps they should drape it in mourning on Friday?

ErrolTheDragon · 26/03/2024 23:17

The rest of my team is in the US, they don't have these holidays. No idea whether they know or care that it's Easter.
What kind of halfwit would love their job so much they would want to work bank holidays?!

I nearly always work on bank hols - and take a different day off in lieu when the roads and anywhere we'd want to go are less crowded. What kind of halfwit takes the same day off as everyone else if they can avoid it?

Elphame · 26/03/2024 23:14

I'll be working all weekend.

What I hadn't realised til last week was that it is the clock change. I hate the switch to BST, it takes me at least a fortnight to adjust to it.

Tryingtokeepgoing · 26/03/2024 23:04

Treesinmygarden · 26/03/2024 22:53

You can tell the people who are burned out from their jobs, yes!

What kind of halfwit would love their job so much they would want to work bank holidays?!

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That’s a bit blinkered…there are plenty of organisations that operate every day of the year and just add the 8 Bank holidays to the 25 / 28 or whatever days contractual holiday. There are times in the past I’d much rather have had the flexibility to take 38 days when I chose, not have 8 fixed for me.

Brainded · 26/03/2024 23:03

good Friday is a bank holiday…but NOT a public holiday do businesses may still be open as employees are not entitled to public holiday pay…well this is the case in the rep of Ireland anyway.

Zwicky · 26/03/2024 23:02

In my work every day is the same except Christmas Day, but there are eggs all over the place with peoples names written on and threats not to touch so they definitely know and we also know half our outpatients won’t turn up. Easter Sunday is always a bugger for people not attending, as is Mother’s Day. They do creep up on people.

penjil · 26/03/2024 22:56

saltinesandcoffeecups · 26/03/2024 22:13

Honestly I don’t. I figure it out usually around Mardi Gras. The last 2 years I’ve been pleasantly surprised that I’ve been on holiday in the Caribbean over Easter… I’ve met both the Jamaican and the Grenadian Easter Bunny!

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Ha! That's brilliant!! ❤️

Linearforeignbody · 26/03/2024 22:55

Treesinmygarden · 26/03/2024 22:52

I'm not sure that's legal?

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Perfectly legal. Days are available to take as holiday at other times and our overall holiday allowance is above the legal minimum anyway. Our work is open as normal Good Friday and Easter Monday.

Phrogg · 26/03/2024 22:54

I'm Orthodox, our Easter isn't until May. We've just started Lent and there's chocolate everywhere 😭😂

Treesinmygarden · 26/03/2024 22:53

DigitalDust · 26/03/2024 22:52

You can tell the people who love their jobs, can’t you?

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You can tell the people who are burned out from their jobs, yes!

What kind of halfwit would love their job so much they would want to work bank holidays?!

Treesinmygarden · 26/03/2024 22:52

Linearforeignbody · 26/03/2024 22:46

Our work doesn’t recognise any bank holidays other than Christmas Day, Boxing day and New Year’s Day. 🤷‍♀️

I'm not sure that's legal?

DigitalDust · 26/03/2024 22:52

Treesinmygarden · 26/03/2024 22:49

Where I work, I don't think anyone, ever, has not been aware that a BH is looming... we're all desperate for a couple of days off work!!

You can tell the people who love their jobs, can’t you?

Treesinmygarden · 26/03/2024 22:52

FangsForTheMemory · 26/03/2024 22:44

It’s only a Christian country if you’re Christian.

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Like it or not, it's predominantly a Christian country.

You can opt out if you wish.

Treesinmygarden · 26/03/2024 22:49

Where I work, I don't think anyone, ever, has not been aware that a BH is looming... we're all desperate for a couple of days off work!!

Linearforeignbody · 26/03/2024 22:46

Our work doesn’t recognise any bank holidays other than Christmas Day, Boxing day and New Year’s Day. 🤷‍♀️

JoBrodie · 26/03/2024 22:46

If you look at the Gov UK website https://www.gov.uk/bank-holidays on a Bank Holiday it will display some bunting.

Although I don't think it appears for Good Friday but should be there on Easter Monday.

At Christmas it's tinsel :)
https://github.com/alphagov/calendars/issues/678

Jo

Tryingtokeepgoing · 26/03/2024 22:45

ByUmberViewer · 26/03/2024 19:54

Yes of course they know. It's Easter and we live in a Christian country so they know about Good Friday and Easter Sunday. Its taught in school.

Are we a Christian county, practically speaking? Three quarters of CofE clergy don’t seem to think so…!

https://anglican.ink/2023/08/30/britain-is-no-longer-a-christian-country-say-frontline-clergy/

The problem with Easter is that it keeps moving, so I can easily understand how, if you don’t have children at school, it’d be easy to miss the fact that it’s this weekend. Bar of course the commercial aspect of it, but as Easter eggs go on sale about 2 days after Christmas that doesn’t help pin down a date!

https://anglican.ink/2023/08/30/britain-is-no-longer-a-christian-country-say-frontline-clergy/