# Have to work on Veteran's Day?! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 11, 2013, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-to-work-on-veterans-day/673641 "2013-11-11T14:28:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2013, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-to-work-on-veterans-day/673641/1 "2013-11-11T14:28:40Z")
For the first time ever, I have to work on Veteran’s Day. WTF? It used to be sancrosanct but apparently a lot of people in the real world (I suck off the public teat) have to work on Veterans Day. What about you? Incidently, Veterans Day is one of three federal holidays celebrated on the actual day instead of being observed on a Monday or Thanksgiving Thursday. The other two are Christmas and New Years Day. ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2013, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-to-work-on-veterans-day/673641/2 "2013-11-11T14:36:16Z")
I don’t think I’ve ever had Veteran’s Day off. ---
**Author:** ![EmAnJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d2c977/32.png) [@EmAnJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmAnJ)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2013, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-to-work-on-veterans-day/673641/3 "2013-11-11T14:38:50Z")
No, and no one I know works today, but I’m in Canada (it’s Remembrance Day). I do know that it’s not a stat holiday though, and some businesses are open, including the breakfast place we’re just about to head to. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2013, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-to-work-on-veterans-day/673641/4 "2013-11-11T14:43:48Z")
Yes, I have to work. Damn it! ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2013, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-to-work-on-veterans-day/673641/5 "2013-11-11T15:06:24Z")
Yes, have to work. Also forgot it was a holiday and tried to drop my kid off at a very closed school. So I’m a bad American and a bad parent. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2013, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-to-work-on-veterans-day/673641/6 "2013-11-11T15:17:28Z")
I’m working, and it’s the only holiday we don’t get off. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2013, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-to-work-on-veterans-day/673641/7 "2013-11-11T15:20:26Z")
I live in Israel. Every day is Veteran’s Day. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2013, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-to-work-on-veterans-day/673641/8 "2013-11-11T15:21:26Z")
I have to work, but that’s because I have a wound care patient to see today. Her leg ulcers don’t care about holidays, and we’re just starting to get the better of an infection, so I don’t dare put her care off until tomorrow. Just the one patient, though; the rest of the day I’m using to play “catch up on paperwork”. I make my own schedule, so I can only be “pissed” at myself, which I’m not. I’m not a veteran, so the day isn’t mine anyhow. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2013, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-to-work-on-veterans-day/673641/9 "2013-11-11T15:23:15Z")
I’m a state employee and it’s one of our holidays. But they give it to us at Christmas break. We get several combined holidays off then. They don’t close the university and cancel classes for all the Federal holidays. ---
**Author:** ![Trom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@Trom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trom)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2013, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-to-work-on-veterans-day/673641/10 "2013-11-11T15:30:00Z")
The markets are open, so I’m working. The markets are usually closed on national holidays. I’m not sure why they’re open on Veteran’s Day. edit: Bond markets are closed. Equities are open. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2013, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-to-work-on-veterans-day/673641/11 "2013-11-11T15:36:42Z")
Yes, as I believe I always have. And I’ll probably go check for mail outside in a few hours. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2013, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-to-work-on-veterans-day/673641/12 "2013-11-11T16:11:10Z")
Yes, I have to work, and I woke my daughter up at the regular time for school, and she did not appreciate it. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2013, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-to-work-on-veterans-day/673641/13 "2013-11-11T16:22:08Z")
Most everyone I know works on Veteran’s Day, except my husband (USPS employee) and his coworkers. Are banks closed? I guess if so, anyone I know working in the trading market is also off. ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2013, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-to-work-on-veterans-day/673641/14 "2013-11-11T16:23:15Z")
None of the poll responses work. First of all it’s Remembrance Day. Second in Canada it’s a national holiday but not necessarily a provincial one. Companies which are governed by Federal law have the holiday today (banks, post office, communications companies, etc) while it’s optional for the rest of us. My company offers two floater holidays which are meant to represent Nov 11 and Easter Monday. It’s the employee’s choice if they wish to take them on those days or whenever they like. So I am working today but will look at some pictures of my vacation over lunch to make myself feel better about it. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2013, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-to-work-on-veterans-day/673641/15 "2013-11-11T16:26:47Z")
> [@Trom](#): > > The markets are open, so I’m working. The markets are usually closed on national holidays. I’m not sure why they’re open on Veteran’s Day. > > edit: Bond markets are closed. Equities are open. When I was in the brokerage industry, it was the same way. Always open, but always stopping trading for a minute of silence at 11 am (8 am my time.) Most of my friends and family who have jobs are working today. ---
**Author:** ![Sudden\_Kestrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Sudden\_Kestrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sudden_Kestrel)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2013, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-to-work-on-veterans-day/673641/16 "2013-11-11T16:28:02Z")
My husband worked, but it is a holiday for him. They have to have coverage regardless of holidays, so he usually opts in. He doesn’t mind; he’s happy to have a good job. I’m disabled, so every day is a holiday. Har. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2013, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-to-work-on-veterans-day/673641/17 "2013-11-11T16:31:44Z")
I’m in the UK. The official ceremonies take place on Remembrance Sunday (which was yesterday), with the placing of wreaths at the Cenotaph etc etc. Today is a work day, although all work stopped at 11am for two minutes of silence pretty much everywhere in the country. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2013, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-to-work-on-veterans-day/673641/18 "2013-11-11T17:11:31Z")
> [@Trom](#): > > The markets are open, so I’m working. The markets are usually closed on national holidays. I’m not sure why they’re open on Veteran’s Day. > > edit: Bond markets are closed. Equities are open. Ditto. Markets open, I’m here. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2013, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-to-work-on-veterans-day/673641/19 "2013-11-11T17:12:14Z")
Well, it’s Remembrance Day here, but pretty much everyone still works, unless you’re part of the federal public service. (I’m a federal employee, but at a crown corporation, so we work.) ---
**Author:** ![dracoi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@dracoi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dracoi)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2013, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-to-work-on-veterans-day/673641/20 "2013-11-11T17:22:09Z")
Your options didn’t work very well for me. I’m self-employed: so I am working, but do not have to be. I’ll probably work half a day and call it quits early but that’s mostly because I didn’t sleep well last night. Many people I know are working; probably half. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-to-work-on-veterans-day/673641.md?page=2)