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"its my 68th bday on the 29th so i will still be celebrating " Happy birthday! What are the celebration plans? | |||
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"Putting up the Christmas tree and wrapping the pressies …" Glad it’s not just me! | |||
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"Last one this year so what’s your plans, away in camper for me " Technically, Christmas and Boxing Day are Bank Holidays... Just teasing tho. I've not been on hols yet! I go to Sitges for 10days 2nd week of Sept. I've enjoyed the lull at work as all my colleagues have been off. Now they're all heading back...I fly off for some sun sea sand and sex!  | |||
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"Since retiring just another day. When I was working they used to be a nightmare. Often ended up working even longer hours and if I did have to call staff in then I had to pay them time and a half." Time and a half, on a Bank Holiday it should be at least Double time, and I can remember a time when you got Double time + a day off in Leiu for working a Bank Holiday | |||
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"Since retiring just another day. When I was working they used to be a nightmare. Often ended up working even longer hours and if I did have to call staff in then I had to pay them time and a half. Time and a half, on a Bank Holiday it should be at least Double time, and I can remember a time when you got Double time + a day off in Lieu for working a Bank Holiday" Head office dictated. I got double time on Christmas Day only. One hotel chain I worked for would not pay salaried heads of department any extra for bank holidays but insisted we all worked rather than the paid-by-the-hour staff. We were told we could take a day in lieu BUT it had to be taken within 3 weeks or lose it. Sometimes that was impossible. | |||
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"Going to Odsal stadium,Bradford saturday to watch brisca f1 stock car racing,then swimming sunday afternoon. Keeping away from seaside as it will be heaving lol " ... National rail strike cross country, so maybe not | |||
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"Bank holidays should be abolished ".. Like bank branches  | |||
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"Last one this year so what’s your plans, away in camper for me " There's another at Christmas 8 | |||
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"Bank holidays should be abolished "Fuck me your fun | |||
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"Bank holidays should be abolished "I completely agree, bank holidays are now a totally outdated notion in today's age, they cause huge problems - particularly on the transport network and tourist attractions and associated trades when Bank holidays totally overburden the workload for the staff of all the services involved, including wider services such as the already stretched resources of the emergency services and NHS. | |||
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"Bank holidays should be abolished
I completely agree, bank holidays are now a totally outdated notion in today's age, they cause huge problems - particularly on the transport network and tourist attractions and associated trades when Bank holidays totally overburden the workload for the staff of all the services involved, including wider services such as the already stretched resources of the emergency services and NHS."What is your solution? Abolish the national holiday altogether or do you think there is another way? I think every country on earth has national holidays. | |||
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"Putting up the Christmas tree and wrapping the pressies …" What? You mean you took your tree down? Madness! | |||
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"Painting walls. "do you need anybody to watch them dry asking for a friend | |||
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"Should they be renamed, given most banks are now 'spoons and we can do it online nowadays?" I’m game for renaming them Spoons Holidays. | |||
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"Painting walls. do you need anybody to watch them dry asking for a friend "Never ask anyone else to do a job if you're not prepared to do it yourself.  | |||
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"Bank holidays should be abolished
I completely agree, bank holidays are now a totally outdated notion in today's age, they cause huge problems - particularly on the transport network and tourist attractions and associated trades when Bank holidays totally overburden the workload for the staff of all the services involved, including wider services such as the already stretched resources of the emergency services and NHS.
What is your solution? Abolish the national holiday altogether or do you think there is another way?
I think every country on earth has national holidays. "Well, England and Wales observe 8 bank holidays, Scotland has 9, and Northern Ireland has 10. Given the UK's diverse cultural landscape, it's worth considering standardising the number of national holidays across the UK. Perhaps introducing 10 flexible holidays that employees can take at a time of their choosing would be a more inclusive approach. This would allow individuals to celebrate their own cultural or personal milestones, rather than adhering to a fixed schedule tied to traditional Christian holidays. By giving workers the autonomy to choose when to take their holidays, we can better reflect the UK's multicultural identity and promote a more inclusive and harmonious society | |||
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"Bank holidays should be abolished
I completely agree, bank holidays are now a totally outdated notion in today's age, they cause huge problems - particularly on the transport network and tourist attractions and associated trades when Bank holidays totally overburden the workload for the staff of all the services involved, including wider services such as the already stretched resources of the emergency services and NHS.
What is your solution? Abolish the national holiday altogether or do you think there is another way?
I think every country on earth has national holidays.
Well, England and Wales observe 8 bank holidays, Scotland has 9, and Northern Ireland has 10.
Given the UK's diverse cultural landscape, it's worth considering standardising the number of national holidays across the UK.
Perhaps introducing 10 flexible holidays that employees can take at a time of their choosing would be a more inclusive approach.
This would allow individuals to celebrate their own cultural or personal milestones, rather than adhering to a fixed schedule tied to traditional Christian holidays. By giving workers the autonomy to choose when to take their holidays, we can better reflect the UK's multicultural identity and promote a more inclusive and harmonious society"Or better still, do as they do in Sri Lanka and have a bank holiday for all their religions' many holy days. I was there for 2 weeks and they had 4 in that time; 2 were Christian, 1 Buddhist and 1 Muslim | |||
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"Painting walls. "better than watching paint dry. | |||
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"Cross country rail strike Saturday effectively untill Tuesday am. ..lot of good if you'd planned and bought advance rail tickets for August bank holidays "it's 65k not enough for the poor train drivers | |||
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"Off on my boat down the river xx " I hope you check for Stowaways before you set off | |||
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"Last one this year so what’s your plans, away in camper for me " Last one this year? It isn't! | |||
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