@kostia Let’s be real. Labor day is just a extra day for saleried employees to work on their work projects, hopefully without being interrupted by meetings.
@hchavers This year I’m lucky that I’m between projects, but usually, yes. Most of my clients are non-American, so their holidays and ours rarely line up.
It used to be a burden: if I took the day, like I was allowed, I’d have to work, reactively all day. But my girlfriend (now wife, for a long time) would give me a hard time for working on my day off. But now, it’s a day to do something great with our kids!
(chorus)
Except for Monday, which was never good anyway
Tuesday, I get a little side ways
Wednesday, I feel better just for spite
Thursday and Friday take too long
Before I know it, Saturday’s gone
But it’s Sunday now and you can bet that I’m all right
It feels like two days before work is going to be extra busy thanks to the day off. Monday is also my birthday so in addition it feels like the day before one that I’m trying not to think about.
I work Monday to Sunday every other week… Therefore I am off on Monday half the time. Unfortunately if I’m off Monday that means I worked on Sunday. I was off this weekend so back at work tomorrow…
A broken leg since that is the last time I had a Monday off.
I understand the excitement for Labor Day. It’s like an Americanized May Day, and like Mardi Gras is an Americanized Carnival.
And I don’t have the day off. At least there are less meetings.
It’s a trick.
Foisted on us by commercial entities.
“Holiday? Let’s announce a sale.
Maybe they’ll spend their day off looking at furniture.”
@phendrick Yep. The marketers know we are tired of work, so come lay down on a new mattris.
Or is that memorial day?
@hchavers Both!
To a salaried, overtime-exempt person who has worked a lot of weekends and nights—such as myself—it feels like payback.
@kostia Let’s be real. Labor day is just a extra day for saleried employees to work on their work projects, hopefully without being interrupted by meetings.
@hchavers This year I’m lucky that I’m between projects, but usually, yes. Most of my clients are non-American, so their holidays and ours rarely line up.
It used to be a burden: if I took the day, like I was allowed, I’d have to work, reactively all day. But my girlfriend (now wife, for a long time) would give me a hard time for working on my day off. But now, it’s a day to do something great with our kids!
When one is unemployed all the days feel the same. I honestly didn’t even know Labor Day was coming up until I read it here…
the twilight zone because tomorrow will feel like I don’t know which day of the week it is…
@bayportbob That would be Blursday.
/youtube Phil Vassar - Just Another Day In Paradise
It doesn’t matter what you call the 1st day of the work week. It still sucks.
It takes all the fun out of it when your kids bring the flu home after 3 measly days in school.
@thebigtverberg Is this an American thing where kids start school before Labour Day?
And from Lorrie Morgan
(chorus)
Except for Monday, which was never good anyway
Tuesday, I get a little side ways
Wednesday, I feel better just for spite
Thursday and Friday take too long
Before I know it, Saturday’s gone
But it’s Sunday now and you can bet that I’m all right
Another day that ends with Y. (Retired
)
@macromeh As in: “Y do the days of the week have a name?”?
@macromeh My long-retired parents often say they can only tell when it’s Sunday because the breakfast place is crowded.
Chore day
It feels like two days before work is going to be extra busy thanks to the day off. Monday is also my birthday so in addition it feels like the day before one that I’m trying not to think about.
I work Monday to Sunday every other week… Therefore I am off on Monday half the time. Unfortunately if I’m off Monday that means I worked on Sunday. I was off this weekend so back at work tomorrow…
A free day.