A day off is a day off

[threemonkeys]

Is it just me or do others find local anniversary day holidays feel odd. It is wellington anniversary holiday today and it just seems strange that we have the day off on the day that morning report is back on the air denoting the unofficial end of the holiday times. Strange that I know (Auckland based) clients are still at work getting frustrated that we aren't there. Next weekend it works the other way. Nor is the anniversary day like a day of leave because other places are shut. Just odd.

Or it could just be the crap weather stopping me getting out to do stuff I want to.

Edit: No question now about it feeling like a holiday. The chainsaws and lawnmowers are out in force now.

Comments

[ratfan]

Perth is with you on this :-) We have a different Queen's Birthday than the rest of the country; something to do with a local holiday the East has that we don't or the reverse, which leads to untold confusion in the office sometimes. "No, we can't do your emergency transcript for you, we won't BE here...."

Today is not precisely a holiday for Oz, but with Australia Day tomorrow, I understand a lot of folk are having the day off, officially or otherwise. It certainly doesn't feel like a weekday when one goes outside and listens to the suburb.

[threemonkeys]

QB weekend is weird all round anyway. We celebrate it the weekend before the eastern Oz states and Canada has another date again. Most of which don't match actual sovereign's birthdays (although George V was born on June 3rd so NZ may have a case for our date). Seems it was Edward VII's fault - he moved his official birthday celebration to get better weather and the idea of celebrating it separately from actual king/queen birthdays stuck.