I listened to an interesting podcast about something like this, it might have been on 'cautionary tales '.
Apparently at one point some Soviet area tried organising everyone’s days off in shifts instead of everyone taking Sunday off and factories lying idle.
Basically tho you actually loose a lot of the social value of days off if you don’t get them at the same time as other people. Can’t visit your family or friends unless they have the same day off as you, for example. And what if your kid’s school’s day off isn’t the same as yours?
Apparently in the UK, there’s a big Jewish festival/conference thing (called Limmud) that runs over Christmas. I found this really funny and sweet, because it’s sort of like “hmm, we’re basically all off of work for Christmas anyway, so what’s the most Jewish thing we can think of to spend this time”. Apparently the answer is being massive nerds. I’m told it’s a fun time, and loads of people go because the UK is quite small so it’s not especially far away for anyone
That was the lesson I got when I started working and finally had my holiday. Great, I’m off, but no one else is. At least all of the museums, attractions and activities are open.
I find the opposite. Nothing is more frustrating than a Holiday where everything is all closed as well. Sometimes you see enough of family and friends and you have life stuff to catch up on.
I’ve known a lot of people who thrived on Second- and Third-Shift, or found jobs that let them trade holidays with their own day-off of choice, and/or made sure to work weekends and take weekdays off. The world stopping for everyone at the same time is great if you want to sit on your couch and watch tv, but can get in the way if you want to live your life.
I listened to an interesting podcast about something like this, it might have been on 'cautionary tales '. Apparently at one point some Soviet area tried organising everyone’s days off in shifts instead of everyone taking Sunday off and factories lying idle. Basically tho you actually loose a lot of the social value of days off if you don’t get them at the same time as other people. Can’t visit your family or friends unless they have the same day off as you, for example. And what if your kid’s school’s day off isn’t the same as yours?
Apparently in the UK, there’s a big Jewish festival/conference thing (called Limmud) that runs over Christmas. I found this really funny and sweet, because it’s sort of like “hmm, we’re basically all off of work for Christmas anyway, so what’s the most Jewish thing we can think of to spend this time”. Apparently the answer is being massive nerds. I’m told it’s a fun time, and loads of people go because the UK is quite small so it’s not especially far away for anyone
That was the lesson I got when I started working and finally had my holiday. Great, I’m off, but no one else is. At least all of the museums, attractions and activities are open.
I find the opposite. Nothing is more frustrating than a Holiday where everything is all closed as well. Sometimes you see enough of family and friends and you have life stuff to catch up on.
I’ve known a lot of people who thrived on Second- and Third-Shift, or found jobs that let them trade holidays with their own day-off of choice, and/or made sure to work weekends and take weekdays off. The world stopping for everyone at the same time is great if you want to sit on your couch and watch tv, but can get in the way if you want to live your life.