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hereiamagain@sh.itjust.works ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

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?

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Areexor@feddit.org ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
In Germany it is thanks to labor unions

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- Commander_Keen@reddthat.com ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Used to be that way in the US. The. We let them dismantle the unions :(
  
  And that’s coming from a proud IBEW member. Remember folks unionize. It’s the only way to get your fair share of the profits.
  
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captainlezbian@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Where I grew up if your pipe bursts on Christmas you better hope you can find a Jewish or otherwise non-Christian (cultural or religious) plumber that’s only charging mild holiday markups, because the Christian plumbers ain’t gonna be so charitable (but you can probably get one to come out).

It’s emergency workers only. So yeah you’ve got medical professionals in the ER, folks keeping the water running, and some tradespeople will leave their phone on just in case they get the opportunity to make a very high hourly wage, as well as owner operated businesses that don’t feel like taking the day off (hence the old stereotypes of Jewish people getting Chinese food and watching a movie on Christmas). If it’s not an emergency you’re better off not even checking if anyone’s working.

And I agree that that’s what labor day should be like. In fact, we should have a handful of holidays like that.

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UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

I wish it were like Christmas Day, where almost every business is ACTUALLY closed

Idk about where you live, but a bunch of businesses in Houston will close a little earlier on Christmas Eve and open up at around noon on Christmas Day. Nobody wants to Not Work anymore. Everything has to be open all the time.

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- hereiamagain@sh.itjust.works ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Northeast US. But that’s a shame about Texas.
  
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