Originally Posted by: PonyOneWell, when you live in a Christian country where holidays like Christmas are nationally recognized you often don't have a choice but to take the day off. The two atheists, the Jewish guy, and the two Muslims that work at a predominantly Christian office in Kentucky don't generally have the option of opening up the place to work on a day where it's essentially pointless... the stock market is closed and banks are closed and factories are closed and so on and so forth, so what's the point?

I work in hospitality, where we're open 24-7, 365. And I worked on Christmas. Because I don't celebrate it and in addition my family is on the other coast. So what's the point? I work and made doubletime! And since everyone else wants the day off, i get to work a double shift which equals doubletime PLUS time and a half for 16 hours of work!!!! God bless America! I also worked on New Year's and on Thanksgiving... again, I don't have family here and I'm a bigger fan of filthy lucre than significant days.

And BTW... Easter isn't a National holiday... we actually discussed this a few pages back... I was frustrated that I didn't get paid time and a half for working on Easter... oh well.