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Started by webny99, January 02, 2025, 11:30:31 AM

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What is the best day of the week for a paid/federal holiday?

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Friday
Saturday

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Scott5114

Quote from: hotdogPi on January 05, 2025, 10:05:30 AMCar dealerships have more holidays than any other retail business, at least if you believe the commercials.

I wouldn't be too surprised if I saw an advertisement for a Gemerton's Day sale.
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webny99

Quote from: 7/8 on January 03, 2025, 02:22:40 PMBut if I have to choose just one day of the week, it would be Monday. Having the 4-day work week after the 3-day weekend is a nice consolation for when the long weekend is over.

This is interesting. This makes sense to me conceptually, but I've never actually thought about it like that in practice.

At least for me, the Tuesday after a Monday holiday is usually like a stereotypical Monday, but worse.  :-D  The fact that the week is 40% over by the time you slog through Tuesday, could be a good thing or a bad thing, depending on how you look at it!

That said, the more I think about it, I do tend to prefer the holiday to occur on the first or second day of a long weekend rather than the third or last day.

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vdeane

Quote from: webny99 on January 05, 2025, 11:08:56 AMThat said, the more I think about it, I do tend to prefer the holiday to occur on the first or second day of a long weekend rather than the third or last day.
There's nothing stopping you from doing something on the first or second day and using the third as a rest/catch-up day regardless of which if the official holiday.

I also like the four-day weeks following.  I'm usually exhausted after a roadtrip, even if I take a day off after the ones with a full day of driving, so only having to get up for work on four days instead of five helps.
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webny99

Quote from: vdeane on January 05, 2025, 04:09:11 PM
Quote from: webny99 on January 05, 2025, 11:08:56 AMThat said, the more I think about it, I do tend to prefer the holiday to occur on the first or second day of a long weekend rather than the third or last day.
There's nothing stopping you from doing something on the first or second day and using the third as a rest/catch-up day regardless of which if the official holiday.

There may be, or there may not. It depends on the holiday and whether I have pre-existing plans for one or more of the other days.

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Quote from: Scott5114 on January 05, 2025, 10:08:30 AM
Quote from: hotdogPi on January 05, 2025, 10:05:30 AMCar dealerships have more holidays than any other retail business, at least if you believe the commercials.

I wouldn't be too surprised if I saw an advertisement for a Gemerton's Day sale.
Did you mean Gemerton's Day Sales event?
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Quote from: webny99 on January 05, 2025, 06:33:50 PM
Quote from: vdeane on January 05, 2025, 04:09:11 PM
Quote from: webny99 on January 05, 2025, 11:08:56 AMThat said, the more I think about it, I do tend to prefer the holiday to occur on the first or second day of a long weekend rather than the third or last day.
There's nothing stopping you from doing something on the first or second day and using the third as a rest/catch-up day regardless of which if the official holiday.

There may be, or there may not. It depends on the holiday and whether I have pre-existing plans for one or more of the other days.
It's not like holidays get scheduled after you make plans (other than when Cuomo made Juneteenth a state holiday with two days notice).  They're there first! ;)
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webny99

About a week in, I figure we've gotten about as many votes as we're going to get, and Monday and Friday are the most popular choices by a considerable margin, with Friday holding a narrow lead. Interestingly though, every day but Tuesday received at least one vote.

It's not hard to see why - there aren't many advantages to a midweek holiday, and unless you're in a position of regularly being able to take the whole week off (in which case, why not just have the holiday occur midweek), it's almost certain that those working full time will have to be back to work on Wednesday. Even in the event of taking Monday off to make a four-day weekend, that still makes the holiday more of a wrap-up/catch-up/travel day than one to party and stay up late.

I feel that way about Monday holidays too (which is partly why I voted for Friday), but it's only amplified for a Tuesday holiday.

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