I wish it were like Christmas Day, where almost every business is ACTUALLY closed.
I don’t celebrate, so this isn’t nostalgia for Christmas magic or whatever.
I just like that it’s a day that no matter what, for the most part, you’re on your own. Forgot to buy groceries? Scrounge the cupboard. Forgot to fill the gas tank? You’re staying home. Faucet leaking? Turn off the water, wash your hands in a different sink, call the plumber(or go to the hardware store) tomorrow. Ain’t NOTHING getting done today.
It’s the only day where the majority of people in areas where the holiday is celebrated, all agree that ain’t nobody doing anything that day.
Granted there’s lots of caveats. Some businesses are open by choice, some by necessity. I used to work at a nursing home, that’s gotta stay open, me and a few coworkers would volunteer to take the holiday shifts.
These days I’m still blue collar, but I do have most big holidays off.
But if you thought some random gas station or grocery store was gonna be open so you can pop in on Christmas? No dice.
Why isn’t labour Day that way?
someone unironically told me yesterday ‘you must be so busy with everyone off!’
I WAS busy, nothing changed on my end compared to every other Monday of the year. which is basically I’m given a job that’s too much for one person, but I struggle to get help so often than even getting my legally required breaks can be like pulling teeth.
anyway I just said ‘except for me! (:’ and she didn’t say anything else after that.
it’s like these people forget that we too are humans working behind the counter. People that are WORKING on LABOR day.
Just because our cage is slightly nicer and we get fed slightly better slop doesn’t mean we’re not in this together.
Most of us are sticking with you … the real problem is the 1%
I mean y’all could stick it to the one percent by forgoing going to the store or eating out on labor day
Americans will attack other workers for minor differences in lifestyle rather than attack their boss for failing to provide basic quality of life in exchange for full time work.
Just like the ruling class wants…
Yes, let’s pit workers against each other, very helpful
it’s curious that the US does not observe it in that day since the events that commemorates it happened in Chicago, during a series of protests for a 8 hour work day.
But of course, that is not accident. They put a lot of effort in framing workers’ movements as a communist plot. At one point they even instituted a “loyalty day” on 1st of May to counteract any labour movement.
The international worker’s day is a holiday in france, so everyone can go protest (or do whatever at home, but there are usually big protests on may 1st)
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PSA, Labour day is the first of may.
Weird. It was yesterday in Canada. Funny that.
Is this some kind of americian thing I’m too free as a candian to worry about? You can still end up working it but it’s overtime by default or paid time off if don’t work it
The rest of the world has May 1st.
“Fake email job” I guess this is just a weird spin on “office job”?
Yes, because we unionized. At least I did. With my beer. And my burger.
