The most awkward bank holiday ever

[dessiato]

My sister is coming to visit and stay. It’s the first time in over twenty years that we’ve been close enough for this to happen. Downside is she’s a royalist and will want to watch the whole bloody funeral.

 

[Kevbad the Bad]

'Wot you doin' in moi field when the Queen's fooneral is on, eh?!'

Shooting grouse old girl.

 

[DaveCinzano]

Don't drag me into this.

Come out to puuuuh laaaaayuh

 

[Epona]

Lots of supermarkets are actually going to be closing for the day unless they are in the vicinity of where funeral-rubberneckers might be (respect up to the point where they might miss out on making a lot of money out of the situation haha) - Sainsburys is going to close, as is John Lewis/Waitrose, Aldi and Primark (respect to a dead billionaire but fuck child labour) I think too. There was an article with a list on the BBC news pages somewhere.

Morrisons is turning the beeps on their scab tills down out of respect

 

[Cloo]

Good day for an urban walk? Anyone fancy it?

 

[Pickman's model]

i went to amend my leave because of the bank holiday but the computer wasn't having it. so i emailed hr, and at 9 last night got an email back saying that they were cancelling all leave for monday. and going through the records of everyone who'd requested leave, doing it manually. safe to say i think there will be much cursing king charles, the last of his name, in our personnel department

 

[Pickman's model]

Good day for an urban walk? Anyone fancy it?

southwark bridge to westminster?

 

[maomao]

There should clearly be a bank holiday somewhere between August and Christmas anyway. Late November would be ideal. November is a fucking grind.

50% of the reason I still work where I work is we get two weeks for autumn half term.

 

[T & P]

Bahnhof Strasse Any last minute breaks you can offer to the Urban collective?

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Bahnhof Strasse Any last minute breaks you can offer to the Urban collective?

Windsor

 

[Karl Masks]

Bonfire Night this year could be weird

 

[SysOut]

Bonfire Night

You mean Guido Fawkes Remembrance Day?

 

[belboid]

Can’t even go to Yorkshire Sculpture Park for the day as they insist on closing. That’s what we do on bank holidays! And it’s a fucking park.

 

[Karl Masks]

You mean Guido Fawkes Remembrance Day?

If they cancel it in 'memory' of the fucking queen i will be royally upset. I like bonfire night.

 

[Orang Utan]

Think I’ll just go to the pub all day - there are a couple near me which i trust will ignore it

 

[starfish]

Ill be able to pick ms starfish up from Gatwick now without issue.

 

[Epona]

i went to amend my leave because of the bank holiday but the computer wasn't having it. so i emailed hr, and at 9 last night got an email back saying that they were cancelling all leave for monday. and going through the records of everyone who'd requested leave, doing it manually. safe to say i think there will be much cursing king charles, the last of his name, in our personnel department

You've lost your upper case, has your account been hacked?

 

[danny la rouge]

Ill be able to pick ms starfish up from Gatwick now without issue.

Would the children have otherwise accompanied you?

 

[danny la rouge]

There should clearly be a bank holiday somewhere between August and Christmas anyway. Late November would be ideal. November is a fucking grind.

Come and live in Scotland. We have St Andrews Day on 30th November.

I would personally like a bank holiday/fiesta/celebration in each of the winter months to cheer us up.

 

[Artaxerxes]

Come and live in Scotland. We have St Andrews Day on 30th November.

I would personally like a bank holiday/fiesta/celebration in each of the winter months to cheer us up.

Shorter working hours, same pay - businesses give the ok to go home 2-3 hours early.

Working in the dark is grim and even with the time zone fuckery you wake up and go to work in the dark and come home in the dark anyway.

 

[Pickman's model]

You've lost your upper case, has your account been hacked?

my phone makes me do upper case but as you can see left to my own devices i'm an anti-capitalist

 

[ouirdeaux]

You've lost your upper case, has your account been hacked?

You know that 'post something to alert people that you've been kidnapped without the kidnappers noticing' game? Maybe it's really happened here.

 

[krink]

So as far as shops are concerned it looks like it will be similar to Christmas day - the odd corner shop might be open and possibly a takeaway.
I wonder if we get mental panic buying scenes at the supermarkets the days before the funeral like we do at Christmas.

 

[DaveCinzano]

You've lost your upper case, has your account been hacked?

Someone went through a load of notes I'd put on the system and pointedly de-capitalised 'Bank Holiday' whilst replacing 'DEAD QUEEN' with 'death of HM Queen Elizabeth II'.

#thoughtsandprayers

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Special name for next Monday's day off...

 

[Bingoman]

Monday will now be the last bank Holiday before Christmas

 

[A380]

I'm still in Belgium and will be in Holland next Monday... Thumbs!

 

[rubbershoes]

Bahnhof Strasse Any last minute breaks you can offer to the Urban collective?

Will Pizza Express in Woking be open?

 

[Bingoman]

Will Pizza Express in Woking be open?

There a joke in that somewhere but a the moment I cant think of one that is appropriate

 

[Mr.Bishie]

Are you mate? Both of you? Whereabouts?

Base of the Mid Atlas, far away from all this hysterical royal shite