# It's Memorial Day. Who's working? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 28, 2001, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-memorial-day-whos-working/66816 "2001-05-28T23:10:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2001, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-memorial-day-whos-working/66816/1 "2001-05-28T23:10:25Z")
I am. The tiny newspaper I work for doesn’t give its staffers very many holidays – just the biggies, like Christmas. I guess I can compensate by not working very HARD – posting here, f’rinstance. Anybody else on the job? ---
**Author:** ![Crunchy\_Frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2001, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-memorial-day-whos-working/66816/2 "2001-05-28T23:17:34Z")
I’m on day 14 of a 19 consecutive day stretch. (_Viva la overtime!_) As usual, I am refusing to work very hard. ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2001, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-memorial-day-whos-working/66816/3 "2001-05-28T23:17:43Z")
My fiance is. ☹ At least he gets time and a half. But today was supposed to be his day off anyway, and he stupidly traded it with someone…I guess he wanted the extra money. ---
**Author:** ![eLunatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/45deac/32.png) [@eLunatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eLunatic)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2001, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-memorial-day-whos-working/66816/4 "2001-05-28T23:20:14Z")
You get Christmas off? I’m lucky to get a “biggie” holiday off, let alone Memorial Day. Last (and only) holiday I didn’t have to work was Easter of 1999. Chalk me up for having to work today. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2001, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-memorial-day-whos-working/66816/5 "2001-05-28T23:22:55Z")
I worked. Of course, I’m in Canada. We had our holiday _last_ Monday. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2001, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-memorial-day-whos-working/66816/6 "2001-05-28T23:28:17Z")
I just graduated and my new consulting job doesn’t start until the fall. My firm sent me my signing bonus early so I have something to live off of this summer. So in other words, every day for the next three months is Memorial Day for me. have fun at work suckas! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![blur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dbc845/32.png) [@blur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blur)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2001, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-memorial-day-whos-working/66816/7 "2001-05-28T23:37:45Z")
Ah, the wonderful world of computers. My work is open 24/7, 365. I haven’t had a holiday off since Christmas 1999. We do get triple time, but that only goes so far when your missing every holiday. I finally have moved up enough in seniority so the only holiday I have to work after this one is Labor Day. Then no more holidays all year. Woohooo! ---
**Author:** ![hardygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@hardygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hardygrrl)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2001, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-memorial-day-whos-working/66816/8 "2001-05-29T00:26:25Z")
Hehehehehehehe I work for a credit card issuer-holidays are on a volunteer basis. So I volunteered to stay home,stay up all night Sunday,sleep in today,drink beer and GET PAID FOR IT! I feel your pain,really I do. I used to work retail and the only holiday we got off was Christmas and that was only because the union saud so. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2001, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-memorial-day-whos-working/66816/9 "2001-05-29T02:06:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by eLunatic \* > \*\*You get Christmas off? I’m lucky to get a “biggie” holiday off, let alone Memorial Day. Last (and only) holiday I didn’t have to work was Easter of 1999. Chalk me up for having to work today. \*\* I see from your profile that you are a night auditor. Is the schedule for the average night auditor really that heinous? ---
**Author:** ![holdenmagroin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5daacb/32.png) [@holdenmagroin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/holdenmagroin)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2001, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-memorial-day-whos-working/66816/10 "2001-05-29T02:17:05Z")
I do. The airport doesn’t close. ---
**Author:** ![evilbeth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/evilbeth/32/2268_2.png) [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2001, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-memorial-day-whos-working/66816/11 "2001-05-29T03:52:47Z")
Hospitals don’t close for holidays. Of course I’m working. And I’m having a good time!