| My Indian colleagues are all off work on Friday - not for Easter 12:20 - Apr 17 with 1110 views | GeoffSentence |
but because it is a general election and they get a day off ot vote.
What a terrific idea, that's one way of getting turnout up. |  |
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| My Indian colleagues are all off work on Friday - not for Easter on 12:24 - Apr 17 with 1099 views | itfcjoe |
I used to have that at primary school but think it was just because it was a polling station |  |
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| My Indian colleagues are all off work on Friday - not for Easter on 12:26 - Apr 17 with 1087 views | GeoffSentence |
| My Indian colleagues are all off work on Friday - not for Easter on 12:24 - Apr 17 by itfcjoe |
I used to have that at primary school but think it was just because it was a polling station |
same here. I loved the period of political unstability in the early 70s because we kept getting days off. | |
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| My Indian colleagues are all off work on Friday - not for Easter on 13:15 - Apr 17 with 1030 views | SWGF |
Voting is compulsory in Australia, I believe. |  |
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| My Indian colleagues are all off work on Friday - not for Easter on 14:06 - Apr 17 with 974 views | pickles110564 |
| My Indian colleagues are all off work on Friday - not for Easter on 13:15 - Apr 17 by SWGF |
Voting is compulsory in Australia, I believe. |
If that was the same here the raving Looney Party would sweep to power. |  | | |
| My Indian colleagues are all off work on Friday - not for Easter on 14:09 - Apr 17 with 973 views | J2BLUE |
They'll never do that here. God forbid we put anything above the economy for a day.
Anyone seen the Chinese billionaire arguing for a 12 hour day, six day working week? |  |
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| My Indian colleagues are all off work on Friday - not for Easter on 14:33 - Apr 17 with 948 views | pickles110564 |
| My Indian colleagues are all off work on Friday - not for Easter on 14:09 - Apr 17 by J2BLUE |
They'll never do that here. God forbid we put anything above the economy for a day.
Anyone seen the Chinese billionaire arguing for a 12 hour day, six day working week? |
In the early part of my career 16 hour shifts 6 or 7 days a week were part and parcel of getting me to where I needed to be.
Was not great and spending time with my children suffered but they will reap the benefits later on. | | | |
| My Indian colleagues are all off work on Friday - not for Easter on 14:40 - Apr 17 with 930 views | MattinLondon |
| My Indian colleagues are all off work on Friday - not for Easter on 14:33 - Apr 17 by pickles110564 |
In the early part of my career 16 hour shifts 6 or 7 days a week were part and parcel of getting me to where I needed to be.
Was not great and spending time with my children suffered but they will reap the benefits later on. |
Unfortunately you miss your children growing up
Which is a massive sacrifice to make. |  | | |
| My Indian colleagues are all off work on Friday - not for Easter on 14:40 - Apr 17 with 929 views | J2BLUE |
| My Indian colleagues are all off work on Friday - not for Easter on 14:33 - Apr 17 by pickles110564 |
In the early part of my career 16 hour shifts 6 or 7 days a week were part and parcel of getting me to where I needed to be.
Was not great and spending time with my children suffered but they will reap the benefits later on. |
This is quite a personal question but as you brought it up...
Do you think your kids would have preferred some extra quality time with their dad or a few extra thousand when they get their inheritance?
For you, was the extra money worth the sacrifice?
Gone off at a bit of a tangent here. My point was really that we're now so terrified of the economy/stock market 'cooling off' that it's now prioritised over virtually everything. The Chinese billionaire isn't suggesting that for the good of the Chinese workers is he? | |
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| My Indian colleagues are all off work on Friday - not for Easter on 14:45 - Apr 17 with 926 views | WD19 |
| My Indian colleagues are all off work on Friday - not for Easter on 14:09 - Apr 17 by J2BLUE |
They'll never do that here. God forbid we put anything above the economy for a day.
Anyone seen the Chinese billionaire arguing for a 12 hour day, six day working week? |
Got chatting to a cabbie in Dubai recently....
Nice bloke. Well spoken. Works 12 hour shifts 365 days a year. Has to pay a fine if he is ever sick.
Shares the car with a partner so it runs 24/7. It has clocked up nearing 800k in less than 4 years.
What a world...... |  | | |
| My Indian colleagues are all off work on Friday - not for Easter on 14:51 - Apr 17 with 915 views | pickles110564 |
| My Indian colleagues are all off work on Friday - not for Easter on 14:40 - Apr 17 by J2BLUE |
This is quite a personal question but as you brought it up...
Do you think your kids would have preferred some extra quality time with their dad or a few extra thousand when they get their inheritance?
For you, was the extra money worth the sacrifice?
Gone off at a bit of a tangent here. My point was really that we're now so terrified of the economy/stock market 'cooling off' that it's now prioritised over virtually everything. The Chinese billionaire isn't suggesting that for the good of the Chinese workers is he? |
We were able to have some great family holidays so they gained there as would not have been able to afford without putting the hours in.
Was the extra money worth it to what I gave up, I will never know. | | | |
| My Indian colleagues are all off work on Friday - not for Easter on 14:54 - Apr 17 with 904 views | J2BLUE |
| My Indian colleagues are all off work on Friday - not for Easter on 14:51 - Apr 17 by pickles110564 |
We were able to have some great family holidays so they gained there as would not have been able to afford without putting the hours in.
Was the extra money worth it to what I gave up, I will never know. |
You could have taken them to the park. Or to the beach. Etc.
Not having a go, or saying you are wrong. There's no right answer here. Different people have different priorities. | |
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| My Indian colleagues are all off work on Friday - not for Easter on 16:27 - Apr 17 with 839 views | factual_blue |
| My Indian colleagues are all off work on Friday - not for Easter on 12:26 - Apr 17 by GeoffSentence |
same here. I loved the period of political unstability in the early 70s because we kept getting days off. |
The election on 18 June 1970 didn't stop O levels though (Maths. I passed).
Factual Senior worked the following Saturday & Sunday to install the hot line into Ted Heath's flat in The Albany. |  |
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| My Indian colleagues are all off work on Friday - not for Easter on 16:49 - Apr 17 with 821 views | Sarge |
| My Indian colleagues are all off work on Friday - not for Easter on 14:09 - Apr 17 by J2BLUE |
They'll never do that here. God forbid we put anything above the economy for a day.
Anyone seen the Chinese billionaire arguing for a 12 hour day, six day working week? |
It’s also not necessary here. I imagine in India queuing to vote takes all day given the massive numbers of people and the primitive way some votes are held there. Here you don’t need to go to the polling booth at all. |  | | |
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