I hate working on province-specific holidays

[felinaeus]

Today is a holiday in Quebec. Either St-Jean-Baptiste day or Fete Nationale or something or other (the name keeps changing, but it is always 1 week before Canada Day).
My office is located in Quebec.
Ontario does not have this day off.
Therefore we have to be open to support the Ontario retailers (and westerns, of course).
But we're on minimal staff as it is a holiday.

So, 1/3 of the staff to support 2/3 of the calls and orders.

On the plus side it is a tripple-pay day as I am working on the holiday :)

but gah!

Comments

[frith]

I like working on weekends and holidays, even if it means fewer staff to help with the heavy lifting. Management and most of maintenance take those days off which means less chatter on the walkie-talkie and less time wasted on directing repairs, navigating policy, debating animal care, catering to co-worker quirks...

[felinaeus]

True. It is rather quiet in the office, which is a welcome change.
Personally, I don't like working on weekends. it gets too busy for my liking, and I've been at this long enough that I feel I deserve my saturdays and sundays to plot the downfall of all of mank... er... plan WTF. Yeah....
Look! A bird!

It's a bird!

[frith]

It's a dane! It's WTF!

... I believe my train of thought has been derailed... Well, with seniority should come a schedule more to your taste. 8-)