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Populist_Prole

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13. Tell me about it!

Reply to Skittles (Reply #3)

Wed Jul 25, 2012, 01:48 AM

Jul 2012

Where I work, you need 20 years of seniority to get even a piece of the weekend off....on the graveyard shift. To get weekends off on day shift you need to have hired when Carter was still president.

Funny thing about having middle of the week days off is that after a while, it all feels normal; that is until you try to arrange some sort of social get-together with a friend who is a 9 to 5 monday through friday type.

Anymore, weekends or even holidays don't mean jack to me anymore....................

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A lot of places are voluntarily closed on Sunday, but how many a big deal about it? [View all] pstokely Jul 2012 OP

Not many of those businesses are fast food though in popular locations like malls Kalidurga Jul 2012 #1

And what about religions that forbid working on another day besides Sunday pstokely Jul 2012 #2

You might be surprised. WillowTree Jul 2012 #6

and a lot of people WORK on Sundays Skittles Jul 2012 #3

But it's "christian" to pay employees minimum wage on another day besides Sunday pstokely Jul 2012 #4

yup Skittles Jul 2012 #7

Tell me about it! Populist_Prole Jul 2012 #13

I actually choose to work weekends Skittles Jul 2012 #14

If they want to be closed on Sundays, it's their loss pstokely Jul 2012 #8

I'm so old........... Dyedinthewoolliberal Jul 2012 #5

Most businesses in my neck of the woods *weren't allowed* to open Sundays until 2004 or so. (nt) Posteritatis Jul 2012 #9

Yeah, I remember. No one died from it, essential things like public services didn't close down. freshwest Jul 2012 #10

+1 ChazII Jul 2012 #11

I must be old too. Lugnut Jul 2012 #12