Ummm ok?

[Belari]

With that history, I would have slammed my door in their nosy faces.

[It shouldn't]

DEMANDING to know where there mail is.

Yup, that was my boss yesterday.

Boss: "Why didn't we get any mail?"
Me: "Hmmm, federal holiday!!"
Boss: "But when I was driving down XYZ street, I saw people getting stuff out of their mailboxes. How come they got mail?" *said in a demanding holler*

*sigh* Most of the time I don't even bother replying. I just walk away *snort*

[Racket_Man]

The whole erosion of holidays bothers me.

Now? Now, we just pay the OT and have everything open anyway.


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how come I did not get OT yesterday. just a normal day at the pizza place

[Jay 2K Winger]

The whole erosion of holidays bothers me.

(snip)

Now? Now, we just pay the OT and have everything open anyway.

Vot ees "ohh-verr-tyme?"

The wholesale club I work at is closed two days a year now. Thanksgiving and Christmas. Used to be Easter, too, but we were open (shorter hours) on that day. I pointedly asked for the day off, not because I'm a religious person, but because it's a day I spend with my folks. It's a family holiday for us.

Now, there are still some days we're open and we get paid OT for them. Memorial Day, Independence Day, New Year's.

Two years ago, they opened us for Thanksgiving, but they asked for people to volunteer to work that day (we closed early) for time-and-a-half. They got a few, but not enough quickly enough, because they started asking people if they could work that day. They came to me, and again, I flat out said no, and reiterated my belief that being open on Thanksgiving was Capital-W-Wrong. They respected that and didn't ask me again.

But I feel you on the erosion of holidays thing.

[SuperB]

The whole erosion of holidays bothers me.

Basically, used to be when it was a statuatory holiday (Like Rememberance Day) you didn't go to work, unless you worked in a necessary service, like Fire, Police, Emergency, Power, etc. Basically, there was an unspoken respect for the holiday and most businesses respected it. If you didn't NEED to be open that day, you weren't. Everyone accepted that they COULDN'T go to the grocery store that day, that they COULDN'T go to the bank and pay bills, and for the most part they accepted this and adjusted accordingly.

Now? Now, we just pay the OT and have everything open anyway.

Goes with the economics. With most holidays creating 3 and 4 day weekends everyone travels. We're tourist based and couldn't possibly afford to close on a holiday. Even Christmas and Thanksgiving are half days.

[PepperElf]

SOMEONE found mail in their mailbox today

which means one of two things...
1) someone else dropped something off in the mail box for them... which isn't legal but people do it sometimes.
2) the mail box in question wasn't emptied out the day before.

too bad you can't put a skunk in their box for harassing you. ... but ... that'd be cruel and unusual punishment - for the skunk.

[Evil Queen]

....maybe you should tell them you quit working as a mail carrier and now work at <random strip joint> and your work costume is your old uniform?

[Music Mo-Gal]

Huh??? Did they think you had their mail IN YOUR HOUSE? WTF is wrong with people?

[Aramika]

Huh??? Did they think you had their mail IN YOUR HOUSE? WTF is wrong with people?

I wish I knew. *shakes head at the WTFness of some people*

Even though I knew it was a national holiday I still opened the mailbox when I got home that afternoon. *smacks head* Stupid force of habit.

[RetailWorkhorse]

People check their mail? I haven't checked the mailbox in a month!

Wha'? It's not like I get mail.