Friday, November 12, 2010

Public Holiday Problems

Western Australia has ten public holidays, which is nowhere near enough. But my main complaint is that they're all clustered around the New Year and Easter, with only two days off between the end of April and Christmas.

Here are this year's days of happiness and freedom from work -


Jan 1 - New Year's Day
Jan 26 - Australia Day
Mar 1 - Labour Day
April 2 - Good Friday
April 5 - Easter Monday
April 25 - ANZAC Day
June 8 - Foundation Day
Sep 27 - Queen's Birthday
Dec 25 - Christmas
Dec 26 - Boxing Day


As detailed below, I propose that we need at least an arvo off each month. Even if nobody else agrees, I'll be celebrating these days next year.

Jan 1 - New Year's Day
Jan 26 - Australia Day
Feb 14 - Valentine's Day (or Dungeons and Dragons Day if you're single)
Mar 1 - Labour Day
April 2 - Good Friday
April 5 - Easter Monday
April 25 - ANZAC Day
May 1 - Celebrate Communism Day (including military parade)
June 8 - Foundation Day
July 15 - Puddle Day (to celebrate the start of the rainy season. Every year it moves back by 1 week)
Aug 10 - Official Sickie
Sep 27 - Queen's Birthday
Oct 1 - Son's and Daughter's Day (there's a Mother's Day and a Father's Day but there's no celebration of offspring - the most neglected family members.)
Nov 15 - Hug Your Boss Day (show that you care)
Dec 25 - Christmas
Dec 26 - Boxing Day

Opinions?
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9 comments:

  1. AnonymousNovember 12, 2010 at 4:23 PM

    Great idea Lewk! Some zombie in the office will be happy to oblige for Nov 15. He will hug the boss, and everyone else for that matter...whether you like it or not!

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  2. LewkNovember 12, 2010 at 4:26 PM

    Actually to avoid real human contact, as we discussed it would be better to install a hugging machine attached to a wall. It will never say ewwwww or smell bad or grope.

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  3. Mini-RobNovember 12, 2010 at 4:43 PM

    You discussed the hugging machine with someone besides me!?

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  4. LewkNovember 12, 2010 at 4:45 PM

    No, but I think our conversation was loud enough that many nearby peoples would have had no choice but to hear.

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  5. Mega-RobNovember 12, 2010 at 4:55 PM

    Anonymous isn't Sandy, is it?
    Also not Mrs Toh.

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  6. LewkNovember 12, 2010 at 5:03 PM

    No Mega-Rob it's definitely not Sandy. My analysis of the use of language suggests that it's someone from northern Africa rather than southern Africa.

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  7. AnonymousNovember 12, 2010 at 5:40 PM

    *ahem* August?

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  8. LewkNovember 12, 2010 at 5:45 PM

    Yay, aout ! I'll think of sommat now.

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  9. Northern African anonymousNovember 15, 2010 at 9:18 AM

    TODAY is HUG YOUR BOSS DAY!hehehe....Lewk, you know what's coming!

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