# Did anyone get today (Veterans Day) off of work? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 10, 2006, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-get-today-veterans-day-off-of-work/379902 "2006-11-10T18:32:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2006, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-get-today-veterans-day-off-of-work/379902/21 "2006-11-10T23:07:49Z")
I don’t normally work Saturdays, so I have Remembrance Day off (Nov. 11), but I would take it off without pay on other years if I had to, because I think it is disrespectful to work on a day that is for remembrance of wars and veterans. Fortunately, it has been made a statutory holiday round these parts, so I don’t have to fight that battle any more. ---
**Author:** ![dwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwyr/32/363_2.png) [@dwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwyr)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2006, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-get-today-veterans-day-off-of-work/379902/22 "2006-11-11T00:15:22Z")
Nope. I work at a VA hospital. ---
**Author:** ![xanthous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/53a042/32.png) [@xanthous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xanthous)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2006, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-get-today-veterans-day-off-of-work/379902/23 "2006-11-11T00:18:20Z")
I’m at work, but I haven’t done one stitch of work today. I guess I can consider that a sort of holiday, as I’m spending my time reading interesting/entertaining/informative posts by you fine dopers. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Roboto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b77776/32.png) [@Roboto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roboto)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2006, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-get-today-veterans-day-off-of-work/379902/24 "2006-11-11T00:24:34Z")
[QUOTE=annewaldron] I’m at work, but I haven’t done one stitch of work today. I guess I can consider that a sort of holiday, as I’m spending my time reading interesting/entertaining/informative posts by you fine dopers. 😃 [/QUOTE] I’ve done maybe 5 stitches of work . . . I’m adhering to the old “in any given week, I’d say I only do about 15 minutes of real actual work” from the movie Office Space . . . classic! ---
**Author:** ![Tyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e56c9b/32.png) [@Tyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tyr)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2006, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-get-today-veterans-day-off-of-work/379902/25 "2006-11-11T09:16:38Z")
I get Monday off too, but then I will be a veteran when I leave the army in 3 more years. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2006, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-get-today-veterans-day-off-of-work/379902/26 "2006-11-11T09:21:25Z")
No. I can be asked to work any day of the year except Christmas. (hey, it’s something. Some people don’t even get Christmas off - emergency workers, police etc.) ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2006, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-get-today-veterans-day-off-of-work/379902/27 "2006-11-11T12:00:46Z")
I was off yesterday - the state university where I work is closed for Veteran’s Day. ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2006, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-get-today-veterans-day-off-of-work/379902/28 "2006-11-11T19:46:37Z")
No ☹ but I did stretch two hours of work into eight W O O H O O ! ! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Amblydoper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@Amblydoper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amblydoper)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2006, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-get-today-veterans-day-off-of-work/379902/29 "2006-11-12T09:38:27Z")
I didn’t have the day off… But I got **free parking!** ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2006, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-get-today-veterans-day-off-of-work/379902/30 "2006-11-13T01:02:23Z")
I had Friday off from classes, which is quite useful, as it gave me time to work on graduate school applications. ---
**Author:** ![Khampelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Khampelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khampelf)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2006, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-get-today-veterans-day-off-of-work/379902/31 "2006-11-13T01:45:25Z")
Another state employee, here. I had Friday off. This isn’t a zombie thread yet, is it? ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2006, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-get-today-veterans-day-off-of-work/379902/32 "2006-11-13T02:59:13Z")
I did not get Friday, Saturday, or Sunday off. Nor will I have Monday off. And I worked Thursday. Ah, retail. But it was very quiet today. Yesterday was _insane_. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-get-today-veterans-day-off-of-work/379902.md?page=1)