Do you have a proposition for which holidays should be recognized by the government/common folk? Or would it be just the ones that don't inconvienence you? :-)
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I've worked the majority of Chirsitmases, Easters, Thanksgivings, 4th of Julys, Labor Days, Memorial Days, etc over that last 25 years. Maybe affer you finish being a student and get into the "real world", you will appreciate why we might give someone the Monday after a Sunday holiday off. I wasn't off this time, but I certainly don't owe you or anyone else an apology if I am.

Christmas.....a wonderful time of year to think of someone other than yourself. :-)
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I worked X-Mas eve, a double on X-Mas, and the day after X-Mas all on straight time and I am a 'Government' employee as a County 911 Dispatcher. We all have a choice of the job we work. Some of us get different perks at the job we choose. If you don't like the perks get a different job with perks you like.
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I work from home and travel so I am always at work and never at work. Days off for holidays are just days I don't turn on the work computer or go out of town. Besides that I'm salaried so days off are just bookkeeping entries, I still end up working more than enough hours to cover them.
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Doesnt this thread belong in the Joke section? :-)

Seriously, a complaint about postal workers taking a day off being a personal inconvenience? Try using the machine in the lobby that allows you to print labels and drop your package in the box or better yet use USPS online and print your own labels in a timely manner that can be picked up at your home the day or week before Christmas.

In addition to our hard working government workers in LE, there are many thousands of workers your age working 24/7 in conditions you might find more than just inconvenient. :-)
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You and I both know we always get stuck working the holidays :-)
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I work for the feds, had to work thanksgiving, christmas eve, christmas day, and will have to work new years. Unfortunately bad guys dont take holidays off.
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Your rage against the machine is misplaced. In the military, it's called the 7Ps.
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Try going outside the country. I was in Ireland for X-Mas/New Years about 10 years ago.. During the two weeks I was there, the banks were opened for a total of 2 and a half days. There was almost no sanitation pickup or mail delivery, and they deal with it just fine.

If you prepare knowing banks/services will be closed on certain days, it almost certainly won't be an issue. Keep in mind places usually give holidays on Mondays if the holiday falls on the weekend.

When you are out of school and working you will appreciate it much more.
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we can only hope
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Just think of it as a chance for people to spend one more day with their family. Nothing is more important than that.
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:-)
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We're observing Kwanzaa, not Christmas, yo.
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