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OneOfHisJewels -> RE: Fireworks, S'mores & Great Company! WO July Chat! (7/2/2008 8:42:21 PM)

Our church has a picnic every 4th. One family always hosts it, and they keep it going for enough hours of the day, that even those that have to work are often able to put in an appearance at one point or another.



uponeagleswings -> RE: Fireworks, S'mores & Great Company! WO July Chat! (7/2/2008 10:21:57 PM)

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ORIGINAL: InBetweenDreams

Catherine, I very rarely look forward to holiday's because they are boring to me. My family doesn't seem to like celebrating things so Lorne and I are always alone which doesn't make it seem different than any other day. Holiday's would be a lot more fun if we had family to spend the day with...

Same here. Dh's aunt is in Michigan for the summer, and we don't really have any friends to hang out with, so holidays are just another day for us most of the time.

((Roberta))- I always feel bad for people who get stuck working holidays because stores feel the need to be open. I try not to have to go shopping on holidays so I don't justify places being open. I have had people tell me that non-christians don't mind working on Christmas day because they can earn good money with holiday pay- that did sort of put things in perspective.



fluffmonkey -> RE: Fireworks, S'mores & Great Company! WO July Chat! (7/3/2008 12:41:13 AM)

((Trish))

Catherine- Aww they are soo cute!!

We just had our 4th july celebration at church on sunday and ate afterwards.

I don't really do anything for Holidays either lol



Roberta_ -> RE: Fireworks, S'mores & Great Company! WO July Chat! (7/3/2008 3:08:39 AM)

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ORIGINAL: uponeagleswings
I have had people tell me that non-christians don't mind working on Christmas day because they can earn good money with holiday pay- that did sort of put things in perspective.


That varies by company. Wal[:'(]Mart isn't open on Christmas, but they don't give holiday pay for the other holidays. They do pay a dollar extra an hour to work on Sundays- or at least they used to.



lexie -> RE: Fireworks, S'mores & Great Company! WO July Chat! (7/3/2008 7:32:55 AM)

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Did anyone do anything special yesterday for Canada Day?


We went to a celebration at a park by the waterfront (of Lake Ontario so it wasn't the most spectacular view!) We went with our SIL and her four kids, and one other nephew. Akeelah got her face painted and we had a nice little picnic. Then we stopped by my MIL's where the rest of the family was having a bbq. It was a fun (and long) day!

You are all lucky that the 4th is a Friday, we've had the hardest time getting back into the swing of things (especially getting up at 6am), because Dh had Monday and Tuesday off for the holiday. (Hmm...maybe I shouldn't complain about that!)

Nicole - I missed so much when I was working retail as well! When I got a managers job, and I was missing out on the weekends, I realized I had to do something else!

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I have had people tell me that non-christians don't mind working on Christmas day because they can earn good money with holiday pay- that did sort of put things in perspective.


We are not Christmas celebrators. We visit family on that day because it's something to do, but if I had a job that asked me to work Christmas day, I would mind so much because I would get the extra pay. All I would miss is going to my in-laws and that's not a bad thing!

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Wal Mart isn't open on Christmas, but they don't give holiday pay for the other holidays.


Does the government mandate certain holidays that they have to pay holiday pay, or pay you if the place is closed on a holiday? They do that here.



Miss Giggles -> RE: Fireworks, S'mores & Great Company! WO July Chat! (7/3/2008 7:39:34 AM)

No they don't have holiday pay for most retail because its a day you would normally be open. Some stores used to pay time and a half on sundays too. Plus retail is min wage unless you are a manager.

Now the one job I had that did pay holiday pay was a call center that had to be open on american holidays to serve the canadians. But they had min staff and enough people volunteered so that no one was forced to work.



car2ner -> RE: Fireworks, S'mores & Great Company! WO July Chat! (7/3/2008 8:35:59 AM)

I am currently looking for work but I won't do retail. I don't want to give up weekends with m'love and I am blessed that I can wait a little while to find a job. That is one reason I left performing after getting married, although for quite awhile it was a favorite way for my wonderful daughter and I to spend time together.

I try to stay away from stores on holidays. I agree that only those who want to work on holiday, should. I also think a good manager should rotate weekend staff. When I worked as a photographer, we had Sunday and Mondays off. We were opened all Monday holidays so when others had a three day weekend, we had one day off.


BTW cinderella, feel free to post a couple of those pics in the photography thread. I know the other shutterbugs would love to see them, too.



ThursdaysChild -> RE: Fireworks, S'mores & Great Company! WO July Chat! (7/3/2008 10:22:07 AM)

Hi, ladies!

We're having a nice, relaxing day at home. We did go to the supermarket though and get pics of the twins and me for our membership at this club. The twins are doing taekwondo there (where E did last year) and I'm doing stretching (think pilates). I went last night and I'm so sore! Especially my tailbone! But the instructor's cute so who cares?! [;)]

I'm heading out soon to take E to his first taekwondo class of the summer here. They'll be surprised in the difference between last summer and this one. He's a blue belt now and when the instructor's dad asked to see one of his kicks he grinned real big. He's also glad to see that he started learning the different Poomses. He had him show him poomse 1.

Well, talk to you later, ladies. I'm sure glad you started talking about the 4th. It's my dad's b-day and I need to send an e-card. [8D]

Ciao!



fluffmonkey -> RE: Fireworks, S'mores & Great Company! WO July Chat! (7/3/2008 10:46:23 AM)

I am off for the 4th but I have to work that Saterday and so I will have 2days of mail to work [sm=popsigh.gif] but I am going in an hr early, but I don't get holiday pay since Im only part time, but since Saterday starts our pay week and im filling in all next week that hr extra will count as over time ^_-

some stores have holiday pay and some don't...some also pay time and half for Sunday, so it varies here.

Car2ner I am looking for a job as well I and dont really want to work saterday besides right now I am going to keep my part time job at PO and try to get full time and so I was thinking about getting another part time job but I couldnt work saterday since thats my guarnteed day at PO lol



cherish405 -> RE: Fireworks, S'mores & Great Company! WO July Chat! (7/3/2008 12:54:38 PM)

Hi everybody.

Thanks for the hugs ladies.



Roberta_ -> RE: Fireworks, S'mores & Great Company! WO July Chat! (7/3/2008 1:12:19 PM)

Today is my oldest dd's 21st birthday. She went to live with her grandma when she was a toddler (she did live with me for a short time, but didn't get along with my soon-to-be-ex husband.) I'm driving to see her today. She lives about 2-3 hours away.



lexie -> RE: Fireworks, S'mores & Great Company! WO July Chat! (7/4/2008 7:13:58 AM)

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No they don't have holiday pay for most retail because its a day you would normally be open.


Do you still get paid regular wage for the day? I think thats's what I was asking and may have made things confusing.

We get paid (we call it statuatory holiday pay) the regular wage if the store is closed, because you would have gone into work that day, but the company has said you can't.
If your company stays open and makes you go in then they have to pay you at least time and a half.
There is no more time and a half on Sundays though.

DenimDiva - have a wonderful day!

I have been so thrown off by this holiday, worse than ever. I still feel like today is Wednesday, and then I realize it's Friday and I got nothing done all week long, and now I realize that next week is just going to be ridiculous with everything I need to do.



car2ner -> RE: Fireworks, S'mores & Great Company! WO July Chat! (7/4/2008 9:45:49 AM)

Have a great trip Denim! Seeing the young 'ens become adults is great. It wasn't my daughter's 21st birthday that made me feel older, it was her 23rd (now 24th).

Quite a few of the retail locations are taking today off to the suprise of their staff.



fluffmonkey -> RE: Fireworks, S'mores & Great Company! WO July Chat! (7/4/2008 11:16:59 AM)

Happy Independence Day

Not really up to much today but I hope you all have a wonderful day!

No work today although I have to work tomorrow :/ lol



cherish405 -> RE: Fireworks, S'mores & Great Company! WO July Chat! (7/4/2008 11:32:18 AM)

Have fun with your daughter, Roberta.

Happy Independence Day to all of you in the US.



uponeagleswings -> RE: Fireworks, S'mores & Great Company! WO July Chat! (7/4/2008 11:48:44 AM)

Not up to much here today either. Planning to go to the gym, then come home and work on some paperwork. If I don't do it today, I'll have to do it over the weekend.
There were a bunch of police cars parked down the street a little while ago. I wonder why. We checked the news and didn't see anything.



Miss Giggles -> RE: Fireworks, S'mores & Great Company! WO July Chat! (7/4/2008 11:49:48 AM)

All the stores here are open on each holiday (except christmas and thanksgiving). July 4th, etc they may close early but here holiday means sale. Kmart stays open on Thanksgiving [8|] I am about ready to go to Kohl's and Old Navy today since the summer stuff is on clearance now. I hate looking at Fall Clothes and Winter coats in August!

If the store is closed you don't get paid. I guess that's where the confusion is. Not sure about Meijer and Wal-Mart that are open 24-7. Hourly retail you only get paid the hours you work. No sick pay or anything.



cherish405 -> RE: Fireworks, S'mores & Great Company! WO July Chat! (7/4/2008 12:22:48 PM)

Australia Day is our version of the 4th of July, and our stores close. A few fast food places may be open for a while, but other than that, retail stores don't open.



Roberta_ -> RE: Fireworks, S'mores & Great Company! WO July Chat! (7/4/2008 3:03:23 PM)

I didn't get to go see my dd. It's a long story that involves my mom and I'm not up to getting into that right now. Hopefully, I'll get to see her next weekend sometime.



daughter_of_faith -> RE: Fireworks, S'mores & Great Company! WO July Chat! (7/4/2008 3:57:13 PM)

Sorry to hear, Roberta.

Happy 4th of July to everyone!!!! To my fellow Americans, enjoy the day with your family and friends as best you can [:D]



Sideways -> RE: Fireworks, S'mores & Great Company! WO July Chat! (7/4/2008 10:08:26 PM)

Well, with the bambino sound asleep by 8pm we didn't go out for fireworks, but we watched 'em on TV!

Years back, BC (before children), Greg and I went to the fireworks at Centennial Park in downtown Atlanta. It's a major park and a very impressive fireworks display. That year the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra was on strike, but they gave free concerts to maintain public goodwill and put pressure on the people who held the purse strings (it worked). So, we got to hear the ASO play some really awesome pieces, classic patriotic stuff as well as fun movie themes like Star Wars and Indiana Jones.

Anyways, during the fireworks at one point, we thought they were shooting fireworks right over the heads of the audience! Turns out we didn't see the guide wires strung from lamppost to lamppost throughout the park. The fireworks would run along the guide wires, the light up a small fountain on the top of the lamp post. Very cool effect to put the fireworks right in the middle of the crowd, but freaked a few of us out for a minute.



car2ner -> RE: Fireworks, S'mores & Great Company! WO July Chat! (7/5/2008 9:15:00 AM)

That is too cool Sideways. I have never gone to Centennial Park for fireworks. Surprises like that makes it so much more fun. They've been repairing a couple of the towers that got knocked down with that down-town twister we had a while back.

Now I am way too south in GA to go to Atlanta so we enjoyed small town charm. Gonna work on the photos once I get off the forums here. M'love wants me to play on wow with him, too. And I have laundry to do. And good music playing on the 'puter.

God is good.



cherish405 -> RE: Fireworks, S'mores & Great Company! WO July Chat! (7/5/2008 12:31:47 PM)

Roberta, sorry to hear that things didn't go to plan. Hopefully soon...



MrsTracy72 -> RE: Fireworks, S'mores & Great Company! WO July Chat! (7/5/2008 8:00:45 PM)

I could have sworn I made a post in this thread. Anyway, it sounds like most people had a good time yesterday.

Catherine, I spent my day first at a parade that Kali had to participate in, and then we spent the rest of the day and the night driving. We got lost trying to find our hotel, but I guess that is what we get when we do things last minute. We were going to leave today, but my husband said Akron had great fireworks so we made it there just in time, and happened to be lost in downtown Akron during the fireworks so we saw most of them, and they were great. Now I am in Maryland and just waiting for my kids to go to sleep so I can go to bed. Sooooo tired.

So anyway Catherine, my point is I didn't really do anything special either except freak out when we were lost and the neighborhoods were not the best to stop and ask directions. I used to have to work every holiday and hated it, but now, as long as it is only a few hours, I would not care. But you probably had to work all day. That I would not like.



_Cinderella_ -> RE: Fireworks, S'mores & Great Company! WO July Chat! (7/5/2008 8:11:31 PM)

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ORIGINAL: MrsTracy72

I could have sworn I made a post in this thread. Anyway, it sounds like most people had a good time yesterday.

Catherine, I spent my day first at a parade that Kali had to participate in, and then we spent the rest of the day and the night driving. We got lost trying to find our hotel, but I guess that is what we get when we do things last minute. We were going to leave today, but my husband said Akron had great fireworks so we made it there just in time, and happened to be lost in downtown Akron during the fireworks so we saw most of them, and they were great. Now I am in Maryland and just waiting for my kids to go to sleep so I can go to bed. Sooooo tired.

So anyway Catherine, my point is I didn't really do anything special either except freak out when we were lost and the neighborhoods were not the best to stop and ask directions. I used to have to work every holiday and hated it, but now, as long as it is only a few hours, I would not care. But you probably had to work all day. That I would not like.


Yah, I worked all day on the part of the day people care about on 4th of July. I was supposed to work 3:30 PM - 12 AM, but they let me off an hour early since it was a boring day.



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