What it mostly is is a day off from work for office workers. (On the other hand it's a day of MORE work for retail, restaurant and other service industry folks.)
So why is there this pressure surrounding these types of 3-day weekends? Why do I always feel vaguely defensive about NOT planning to grill things and drink copious amounts of beer and hang around in a swimsuit all day? Why do I feel I let people down when they ask, "Got any big plans for Labor Day?" and I sheepishly reply, "Well...I guess we'll watch some tv, maybe do a couple of loads of laundry, maybe go out for some tacos later on." Clearly, based on the response I get from this reply, this is not the sort of big Labor Day plans they expected to hear about.
Fortunately the Dubious Holidays are over for a nice long spell. (But don't even get me started about Valentine's Day, the "holiday" where no matter WHAT you do for your loved one, you feel like a failure...)
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around here, it is a day off for the blue collar workers and anyone not in retail. it also marks the end of summer in every sense of the word. the temp usually drops at least 10 degrees in the following week. the kids go back to school. i don't argue with anyone willing to pay me for a day off.
Oh, I'm happy for anyone to have a day off, any time! Just don't force me to grill and swill, haha! Make it ok for me to sit around and NOT party all day. :D
agreed! and exactly what i did. ;)
SITTER-AROUNDERS, UNITE!!!!!
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It is very odd for me, after 15 years of working in stores daily, to finally be considered a 'home office employee' and actually have Labor Day off.
We could always take another comp day in the stores, but scheduling every exempt manager for a 3rd day off in a week was difficult, so most of the time I never took my holidays at that later point.
I feel bad for taking weekends off, though technically I do store visits and work every day of the week. But I feel like I'm doing something wrong because I am able to do drum corps on the weekends on my 'off time'.
I feel less pressure to do anything on Labor day than I do on Memorial day. Probably because in my mind Memorial day kicks off the Summer season of BBQs, etc., and Labor day signifies the close of Summer and the beginning of my most favorite season -- Autumn.
Hi there, friend Verbie
It is not hard to talk me into grilling meat and drinking beer, but I do love having a monday off once in a while!
Well Pete! How wonderful to hear from you. Hope you and Sunflower are doing great!
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