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1st May should be Holiday for all!

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  • A Amarnath S

    Not sure whether the purpose of making May 1 as a holiday has been served. What was the purpose? They call it Worker's Day, but workers have remained so for the last century :-)

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    Stefto
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    the name says it all ;)

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    • N Nagy Vilmos

      In Hungariaorszag, almost everything is closed on Sundays and Public Holidays. Unfortunately due to some weird interpretation of the definition for a restaurant, McD and KFC seem to open.

      veni bibi saltavi

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      W Balboos GHB
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      During a part of my life I don't look back on too fondly, I lived in an accursed state called West Virginia (not Virginia). At that time they had what were called "Blue Laws" - which, in a nutshell, were legally enforcing Sunday as the day of rest for all because the Christians insisted it be so. Businesses had to be closed. Now, to your point: Businesses had to be closed, but that didn't include restaurants, food stores and laundromats. For you see, when these people left church on their day for rest they may have wanted to have a Bar-BQ or picnic afterwards. Or do their laundry for work the following day. So - the day of rest didn't apply to those places . . . those workers . . . much as you noticed. Because those that make the rules don't want to inconvenience themselves. After I had been there a couple of years each county, with few exceptions, voted to remove said laws. I'd like to take credit for it but am too modest.

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      • W W Balboos GHB

        Why not may 12th? Or better still, August 27th? Or, if we're really into making people celebrate other peoples idea of a holiday, why not close everything for your birthday? Or, presuming your view stems from a political view of "May Day", consider the following:* Marx, Engles, etc. were brilliant.

        • The experiment was tried
        • It failed
        • Time for everyone to get over it
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        Lost User
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        Agreed - who needs an eight hours workday? :)

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        • The experiment was tried
        • It failed

        That is a bit too black and white. It is not a binary choice :)

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          Agreed - who needs an eight hours workday? :)

          W∴ Balboos wrote:

          • The experiment was tried
          • It failed

          That is a bit too black and white. It is not a binary choice :)

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          W Balboos GHB
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          Eddy Vluggen wrote:

          That is a bit too black and white. It is not a binary choice

          Actually, I agree. Humans are a social species - our strength only shows it self when working as a commune(ity). My observation is that employers would exploit their workers to any degree they can get away with if not stopped by laws (or unions). My observation is that employees would like to not work at all for more money then they already are getting. Admittedly, there are some of us who do what we do because we enjoy it - and they pay us - but most people don't like what they're doing. The power of Unions - that protected workers - protected them out of their jobs in many (former) US Industrial areas (such as Pittsburg, Pennsylvania and steel making, NY city garment district, Southern USA furniture manufacture, etc.) Somewhere is the proper balance. It needs to be designed by good people and adopted by good people. I'm not holding my breath.

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          "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010

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          • W W Balboos GHB

            Why not may 12th? Or better still, August 27th? Or, if we're really into making people celebrate other peoples idea of a holiday, why not close everything for your birthday? Or, presuming your view stems from a political view of "May Day", consider the following:* Marx, Engles, etc. were brilliant.

            • The experiment was tried
            • It failed
            • Time for everyone to get over it
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            "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein

            "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert

            "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010

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            W∴ Balboos wrote:

            It failed

            Not everyone realizes this. That's why the experiment is still going on. Unfortunately, nobody graded them, and gave a score card. Or, they don't want to be graded :-)

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            • G Gittum

              Can't we survive for oneday if Mcdonalds or KFC is closed??

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              We can, but an other law says to not waste food (or other perishable good). Therefore everything that has to do with food is open, also services that guarantee proper care for injuries and so on have to be open for the case. The problem is, that basic goods must be suppliable 24/7. Therefore we never will be able to get a 100% workfree day :|

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              • G Gittum

                Can't we survive for oneday if Mcdonalds or KFC is closed??

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                Bergholt Stuttley Johnson
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                its ok, only food outlets that are closed

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                • G Gittum

                  Can't we survive for oneday if Mcdonalds or KFC is closed??

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                  What if on a holiday I wouldn't want to cook and eat at a Fast Food? I couldn't, the Fast Food wouldn't get money. Not only that but most supermarkets reamin open with reduced opening times, mostly because if everything should close on Sunday and holidays most of the people wouldn't be able to access to them - meaning there would be less revenues, less markets/restaurants. Well, a nice punch to thos Capitalistic dastards? No, just a lot of unoccupied clerks, cooks, cleaning personnel and so on.

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                  • H HobbyProggy

                    We can, but an other law says to not waste food (or other perishable good). Therefore everything that has to do with food is open, also services that guarantee proper care for injuries and so on have to be open for the case. The problem is, that basic goods must be suppliable 24/7. Therefore we never will be able to get a 100% workfree day :|

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                    "Basic goods" don't have to be supplied 24/7: until the end of last century it was very normal for all shops in the UK to be shut all day Sunday, half day on Wednesday, and only small "corner" shops would be open past 18:00. It just takes a little organisation on teh shopper's part. More important than "basic goods" are services: hospitals, old folks homes, police, fire, ambulance. Emerganecy cover is also needed for some phones, water supplies, electricity, and gas. Even the military must operate 24/7 or countries would be invaded at 18:00 on Friday, and wouldn't be able to respond until Monday morning! :laugh:

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                    • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                      "Basic goods" don't have to be supplied 24/7: until the end of last century it was very normal for all shops in the UK to be shut all day Sunday, half day on Wednesday, and only small "corner" shops would be open past 18:00. It just takes a little organisation on teh shopper's part. More important than "basic goods" are services: hospitals, old folks homes, police, fire, ambulance. Emerganecy cover is also needed for some phones, water supplies, electricity, and gas. Even the military must operate 24/7 or countries would be invaded at 18:00 on Friday, and wouldn't be able to respond until Monday morning! :laugh:

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                      Yeah you got me wrong on that. I meant not the retailers, but the ones transporting it. And also i said that services need to operate 24/7 where i also implied hospital, water, energy and all of that. I mean, shops have closed on sundays everywhere i was, so that's just normal, but food transports are allowed and have to drive on sundays :)

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                      • G Gittum

                        Can't we survive for oneday if Mcdonalds or KFC is closed??

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                        Possibly but then we'd have to cook for ourselves instead so how's that a holiday for us? And why stop at McDonalds and KFC? Why should their workers get the privilege but not Wendy's or Taco Bell or Pizza Hut? Or, come to that, nurses, police, fire services, coastguards, the navy, TV and radio, baseball players .... well, you get the idea!

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                        • G Gittum

                          Can't we survive for oneday if Mcdonalds or KFC is closed??

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                          I could survive if they closed there doors permanently! Don't visit either one.

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                          • W W Balboos GHB

                            Why not may 12th? Or better still, August 27th? Or, if we're really into making people celebrate other peoples idea of a holiday, why not close everything for your birthday? Or, presuming your view stems from a political view of "May Day", consider the following:* Marx, Engles, etc. were brilliant.

                            • The experiment was tried
                            • It failed
                            • Time for everyone to get over it
                              <edit fixed='font changes'>clarification</edit>

                            "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein

                            "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert

                            "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010

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                            Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter
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                            My birthday IS a national holiday in the country I was born in :-)

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