Veterans Day

[tomwaits]

My family has always found Veterans Day to be slightly amusing, since my dad, a veteran, does not get the day off at work but we as kids used to get the day off at school. Or now, my dad jokes about how Bill Ayers gets the day off but he has to work.

I thought about a possible requirement that veterans get the day off, but then I thought that might prevent businesses from hiring veterans. Doesn't this seem unfair?

[JoeyDonuts]

My family has always found Veterans Day to be slightly amusing, since my dad, a veteran, does not get the day off at work but we as kids used to get the day off at school. Or now, my dad jokes about how Bill Ayers gets the day off but he has to work.

I thought about a possible requirement that veterans get the day off, but then I thought that might prevent businesses from hiring veterans. Doesn't this seem unfair?

I don't care if I have to work on Vet's Day. I don't even want the company to pay me overtime either.

I just want cookies.

[Wildy]

So Veterans Day is like Anzac Day except without the holiday?

Interesting...

[UnrepentantSinner]

So Veterans Day is like Anzac Day except without the holiday?

Interesting...

Actually it is Remembrance Day (Armistice Day) and is a public holiday meaning banks and government offices are closed, but individual employers (or state labor law) determine whether people get the day off or received holiday pay rate if they have to work.

Anzac Day would probably be more analagous to Memorial Day here since it has a higher profile (almost everyone gets the day off/holiday pay, it commemorates the dead and is the unofficial start of summer).

[Wildy]

Actually it is Remembrance Day (Armistice Day) and is a public holiday meaning banks and government offices are closed, but individual employers (or state labor law) determine whether people get the day off or received holiday pay rate if they have to work.

Anzac Day would probably be more analagous to Memorial Day here since it has a higher profile (almost everyone gets the day off/holiday pay, it commemorates the dead and is the unofficial start of summer).

So why isn't it called Remembrance Day?

Well now that makes more sense. I mean over here nobody gets the day off, you are supposed to have a minutes silence at 11 though.

The last couple of years I've slept through it. I guess that might be because the way I've seen it, the Australians manage to alienate non-Australians with their ceremony.

[Lanzy]

When I was in the Army Veterans day meant having to dress up and participate in a parade.
As a Civilian I have never ever had the pleasure of taking the day off.