This Labor Day, I plan to take off from my white collar job so that working class people can serve me...

I plan on calling in sick.

Agreed. I’ll be working Monday. What I won’t do is go shopping or get a Starbucks. That goes for all holidays.

I’m old enough to remember when if you forgot to buy cranberry jelly before Thanksgiving Day, you were having your bird without the jelly. Was life really that unlivable without stores open almost 24/7?

no coffee on my white collar wrote:

Agreed. I’ll be working Monday. What I won’t do is go shopping or get a Starbucks. That goes for all holidays.

I’m old enough to remember when if you forgot to buy cranberry jelly before Thanksgiving Day, you were having your bird without the jelly. Was life really that unlivable without stores open almost 24/7?

I wonder how many - and what type of - businesses don't manage to cover variable costs by staying open on major holidays...

theJeff wrote:

no coffee on my white collar wrote:

Agreed. I’ll be working Monday. What I won’t do is go shopping or get a Starbucks. That goes for all holidays.

I’m old enough to remember when if you forgot to buy cranberry jelly before Thanksgiving Day, you were having your bird without the jelly. Was life really that unlivable without stores open almost 24/7?

I wonder how many - and what type of - businesses don't manage to cover variable costs by staying open on major holidays...

Many, if not most, don’t; it’s about building brand recognition and loyalty.

Edgy post. More please.

Little White ass hole: holding behind a gun or a keyboard.

Black sheep wrote:

Little White ass hole: holding behind a gun or a keyboard.

Umm whut?

Non sequitur of the week. Or gratuitous hostility of the week. Probably both.

no coffee on my white collar wrote:

Agreed. I’ll be working Monday. What I won’t do is go shopping or get a Starbucks. That goes for all holidays.

I’m old enough to remember when if you forgot to buy cranberry jelly before Thanksgiving Day, you were having your bird without the jelly. Was life really that unlivable without stores open almost 24/7?

The clerks should be grateful to be working.

ChadBrad wrote:

The clerks should be grateful to be working.

No, we should live in an economy where minimum wage clerks shouldn't have to work on a holiday in order to secure their jobs.

What are your plans on MLK, Jr. Day 2019?

Nice effort to self-identify as separate from the working masses.

I'll spend the day putting all of my white pants in to storage.

Office Worker wrote:

...at various dining establishments and recreation venues. This seems like the most logical way to celebrate laborers.

Well I won't deliver your mail or your Amazon packages so I'll tear up those overdue bills again and the missus won't get her much needed dildo.

Not Keynes wrote:

ChadBrad wrote:

The clerks should be grateful to be working.

No, we should live in an economy where minimum wage clerks shouldn't have to work on a holiday in order to secure their jobs.

There is demand for services on holiday and there is demand for working hours to provide those services. The workers who supply those hours can go offer to supply their time elsewhere if they'd like, and if an employer values their skills enough to let them set their own schedule it'll work out fine.

no coffee on my white collar wrote:

I’m old enough to remember when if you forgot to buy cranberry jelly before Thanksgiving Day, you were having your bird without the jelly. Was life really that unlivable without stores open almost 24/7?

Gif person wrote:

no coffee on my white collar wrote:

I’m old enough to remember when if you forgot to buy cranberry jelly before Thanksgiving Day, you were having your bird without the jelly. Was life really that unlivable without stores open almost 24/7?

http://imgur.com/gallery/T099j

Damn straight. My lawn is littered with bodies.

I work on cars for a living, in a vacation/tourist town.

I won't be working on Monday. I guarantee when I walk in the door on Tuesday there will be a small mob of people angry that I wasn't there on Monday to fix their problems for them. Mostly problems that with minimal know how they could have fixed themselves (replacing a dead battery) or with basic foresight they could have avoided altogether (by getting their car in the shop the week before the holiday.)

I have spent my labor day weekend doing blue collar work around my house.

Not Keynes wrote:

No, we should live in an economy where minimum wage clerks shouldn't have to work on a holiday in order to secure their jobs.

You remind me of this guy .... only you're serious!

If you don’t have a job that’s closed on Labor

Day then your a poor pauper.