Business as usual here. One of my co-workers is off today, but they didn’t tell me what they were doing. For all I know, she may be having wisdom teeth pulled.
Yep, still at work, though it’s a ghost town. Most of my co-workers are fairly devout Catholics. I’m a religious mutt (well, I’m agnostic, but my family encompasses many religions), so while I celebrate many other holidays and then some, Good Friday isn’t one that I take.
Well, in academia in the States they just call it “Spring Break.” However, In Colombia I got not only all of Holy Week off , but also Monday through Wednesday of Carnaval week. (And in fact, few people came to work the preceding Friday or following Thursday.)
Puerto Rico has the most work holidays in the America’s, because they get the Catholic Saint’s days AND the U.S. days like Thanksgiving and July 4. Lazy bastards.
If you want some major action, try getting a stint at County’s ER. 
I’m not–but I work retail, so it was luck of the draw–and due to scheduling quirks, I still don’t know if I’m working Easter afternoon.
My Dad isn’t–though I’m not sure who all at his place of employment is off–it might be salaried folk are off, and those who work on the assembly lines are still on (or not on) depending on sales.
My Mom is scheduled for eye surgery on Monday–half an hour ago she got a call asking her to come in an hour earlier.
Which makes her happy, but is cutting it awfully fine, assuming that the person making such calls would not do so on a weekend, even one that was not a Holiday weekend.
I’m working. But I’m going to try to leave a little early.
I worked today. Definitely not a work holiday. Not religious at all. Seems like a lot of people did take off today, but also could have something to do with a lot of local schools (public too) had the day off - “spring weekend” and a lot of the people who took off are parents and/or catholic. It was very quiet which was awesome because I got hit with what I think is a sinus infection yesterday afternoon and I was miserable all day. Too many people needing me/giving me work to do would have been too much today 
I didn’t work today but, well, I don’t have a job. 
I did have school today. Six hours of biology and then an hour of doggy school. I did have a classmate who wanted to miss lab today because she’s fairly devout. But, she had a choice between going to church or getting a zero on the lab for today. So, she came to school.
Another Brit here.
I’m not in regular employment at the moment, so today (well, yesterday now) being a public holiday was somewhat moot for me. But I did have a shift at the theatre bar in the evening. A nice easy time we had (not so good news for the theatre, of course), with a small audience who bought very few drinks indeed. Although the ice creams apparently sold well; we’ve got stupendous weather here at the moment and there were a lot of kids in the audience! 
I was very surprised that we had post this morning, though.
ETA:
My stepbrother had to work, though. He’s a store manager for a major chain. His boss sent him an e-mail in the morning telling him he had to work… wtf?! Still, at least he gets double pay.
Ugh, not only did I work today, I had to go up to NYC to talk to my boss and to train someone on something that she’s not actually going to have time to do. And I couldn’t get into my work email remotely (despite the fact that I was in the main office), so I couldn’t finish the thing I was supposed to be writing in between these various meetings and conversations. So when I got back to Philly at 5:30, instead of heading home I went back to the office, and the draft of the thing I was working on in NY and hurriedly emailed to myself before I went tearing out of there to catch the (very crowded) train did not have the attachment of the draft, so I had to rewrite the whole thing from scratch. So I was at work till after 7 and didn’t get home till 8.
So, yeah, I worked today. And I’m working this weekend on a freelance job. And Monday I have to go in and start working on all the various shit that my boss assigned when we talked today.
Good thing I don’t celebrate Easter.
Good Friday is a public holiday in Australia. And this year, because Easter Monday (also a public holiday) coincides with Anzac Day (25 April) we get a five day break.
My phone was out of order yesterday morning. I reported it and was amazed to have a technician turn up within an hour and fix it, on a public holiday.
I had no idea there were still places that got Good Friday off. I bet they get Veterans’ Day off too…My parents and teachers talked about how back in their day kids got Good Friday off from school, but that hasn’t happened since the early 80s at least.
But anyway, of all the religious people in this state - and less than 40% of people go to church weekly - only 1/3rd are Catholic. I don’t know off the top of my head what 1/3rd of 2/5ths is, but it’s sure not enough to get businesses to give days off.
I didn’t notice anyone taking a personal day where I work, either.
Your schools don’t have spring break during pre-Easter week? That’s how they get around it here. Drives my best friend crazy. Every year, just as she’s starting to prepare for her finals, her 8-year-old son and husband (a teacher) both get a vacation. Neither of them are capable of realizing that she isn’t on vacation too. It gets pretty ugly.
I bet! I’m pretty exhausted after a 12 hour at this one (which is also a trauma center, but we had no traumas tonight). I got to help a woman try to have a baby - I held a leg while she pushed for half an hour, and she was only about 2 contractions away from birth when the OB decided to push the head back in and make a run for L&D. Word is the wee one was safely born just as they got on the floor. I got to hand meds and do compressions on a cardiac arrest who arrested on us twice, and we got a pulse back both times (we didn’t get a brain back, sadly, but she was still in sinus rhythm in ICU when I left, so she may be able to be a tissue donor.) I got to hang several piggybacks and saline bags, which is more than I’ve been able to do in my school’s Clinicals. I was a shoulder to cry on for an overwhelmed mom and a hand to hold for an old confused lady with sepsis and I helped hold and soothe a newborn (8 days old) while they tried but failed to get an IV placed…all in all, a very busy, very educational night! 
That’s wonderful WhyNot! I’m glad your friend’s boss gave you permission to be there. Do you think you’ll get to do it again? Just from the tone of your post, it definitely sounds like you really love nursing.
The financial markets are closed in the US, so I always take Good Friday off. I don’t like being at work when the markets are closed. It is usually my only day off from work during tax season, but this year Easter falls later than April 15.
Only when Easter is really late like this year. The spring break is generally the third week of April in this town, and that sounds about right for when I was young too.
I do know it used to drive my parents crazy that MA and NH don’t take the same weeks off, because we couldn’t do things with friends who still lived in MA for that reason.
Well, I’m about halfway through the job application, so we’ll see! 
This is the first year in 10 years that I’ve had Good Friday off, due to being employed 2000-2010 in a 24/7/365 call center (and having call center close in April of 2010 and not having found work since).
(I know, late to the party. Been away from the Dope for a while.)