MLK Day

Reeka · 01-18-2002, 12:08 PM

To the Americans out there: I am curious, do you get Martin Luther King Day off? I do, and just kind of wondered how it is for most of you.

Morgeruat · 01-18-2002, 12:22 PM

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Originally posted by Reeka:
To the Americans out there: I am curious, do you get Martin Luther King Day off? I do, and just kind of wondered how it is for most of you.

I do, but I'm a federal Employee ( US Army all the way)

Garnet FalconDance · 01-18-2002, 12:28 PM

I think the federal offices are closed--the post ofc, the banks and the library are, I know. Hubby still has to work, tho, as do most other non-government workers, I imagine.

01-18-2002, 12:51 PM

My company forces me to use what they TERM as a "floating" holidy...theoreticly the floating holidays I get (4) are supposed to be variable and taken when I wish to celebrate...however they have thoughtfully "assigned" 3 of the 4 for me...MLK day being one of them.

While I think Mr. King was a great guy and all I would much rather use this "float day" in the summer when I have my kids than now while they are with their mother and attending school.

Wow how did I get into the personal life documentary mood?

Sazerac · 01-18-2002, 01:00 PM

We don't get MLK off here at the school, since we're a proprietary skills training institute (not state-run).

Personally, I consider it a time to reflect upon what is meant by "civil rights" and the struggle that all of our people have had to go through at some time in the past to achieve civil rights and equality. Racial/ethnic minorities, women, religious groups...heck, even us Internetters have had to fight civil infractions. Remember the CDA back in 1996? It's an ongoing struggle.

At least, it's important to respect the holiday that way, and not use it for another commercialization through yet another danged Mervyn's or Target's "White" sale. [img]tongue.gif[/img]

-Saz

Galadria1 · 01-18-2002, 02:50 PM

Hi, Reeka. My husband and I both have to work, it being a Monday and we being medical type people, but my stepson has the day off school. Agree pretty much with Sazerac, it always reminds me how one can struggle without taking the low road, as so many seem to regard the end justifies the means. Dr. King, good theologian that he was, recognised that as a classic error, and I honor him for that, also.

Lord of Alcohol · 01-18-2002, 05:27 PM

Work, work, work need to pay bills!

Larry_OHF · 01-18-2002, 05:32 PM

I do have work,

but I do not have college.

DawnChaser · 01-18-2002, 05:38 PM

As a government employee, I get the day off [img]smile.gif[/img]

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my signature includes parentheses. Is there a way around this?

SSJ4Sephiroth · 01-19-2002, 03:08 AM

as a student in a backwater city in Oklahoma, i do not get this particular holiday off only because the school board refuses to acknwoledge the struggle for civil rights. and no, i do not like my school [img]tongue.gif[/img] .

01-18-2002, 12:08 PM	#1
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01-18-2002, 12:22 PM	#2
Morgeruat Jack Burton Join Date: October 16, 2001 Location: PA Age: 43 Posts: 5,421	quote: Originally posted by Reeka: To the Americans out there: I am curious, do you get Martin Luther King Day off? I do, and just kind of wondered how it is for most of you. I do, but I'm a federal Employee ( US Army all the way) __________________ "Any attempt to cheat, especially with my wife, who is a dirty, dirty, tramp, and I am just gonna snap." Knibb High Principal - Billy Madison

01-18-2002, 12:28 PM	#3
Garnet FalconDance Mephistopheles Join Date: August 30, 2001 Location: deep within the sylvan splendor.... Age: 60 Posts: 1,443	I think the federal offices are closed--the post ofc, the banks and the library are, I know. Hubby still has to work, tho, as do most other non-government workers, I imagine. __________________ "Nature tells every secret once." Ralph Waldo Emerson

01-18-2002, 01:00 PM	#5
Sazerac Ironworks Moderator Join Date: January 7, 2001 Location: Monroe, LA Age: 60 Posts: 7,387	We don't get MLK off here at the school, since we're a proprietary skills training institute (not state-run). Personally, I consider it a time to reflect upon what is meant by "civil rights" and the struggle that all of our people have had to go through at some time in the past to achieve civil rights and equality. Racial/ethnic minorities, women, religious groups...heck, even us Internetters have had to fight civil infractions. Remember the CDA back in 1996? It's an ongoing struggle. At least, it's important to respect the holiday that way, and not use it for another commercialization through yet another danged Mervyn's or Target's "White" sale. [img]tongue.gif[/img] -Saz __________________ "And all my days are trances, and all my nightly dreams, Are where thy grey eye glances, and where thy footstep gleams, In what ethereal dances, by what eternal streams..."

01-18-2002, 02:50 PM	#6
Galadria1 Zhentarim Guard Join Date: January 11, 2002 Location: Texas Posts: 369	Hi, Reeka. My husband and I both have to work, it being a Monday and we being medical type people, but my stepson has the day off school. Agree pretty much with Sazerac, it always reminds me how one can struggle without taking the low road, as so many seem to regard the end justifies the means. Dr. King, good theologian that he was, recognised that as a classic error, and I honor him for that, also. __________________ Lady Galadria, a proud Cavalier of Keldorn\'s Order; Oh So Simple Marshmallow Woman of the ORT. Member, HADB<br /><br />\"Romance at short notice was her specialty.\" -Saki<br />Founder of the IW Branch of the Anti-Anomen Society

01-18-2002, 12:51 PM	#4
MagiK Guest Posts: n/a	My company forces me to use what they TERM as a "floating" holidy...theoreticly the floating holidays I get (4) are supposed to be variable and taken when I wish to celebrate...however they have thoughtfully "assigned" 3 of the 4 for me...MLK day being one of them. While I think Mr. King was a great guy and all I would much rather use this "float day" in the summer when I have my kids than now while they are with their mother and attending school. Wow how did I get into the personal life documentary mood?

01-18-2002, 05:27 PM	#7
Lord of Alcohol Xanathar Thieves Guild Join Date: January 8, 2001 Location: Charlotte,NC Age: 60 Posts: 4,570	Work, work, work need to pay bills! __________________ No

01-18-2002, 05:32 PM	#8
Larry_OHF Ironworks Moderator Join Date: March 1, 2001 Location: Midlands, South Carolina Age: 48 Posts: 14,759	I do have work, but I do not have college.

01-18-2002, 05:38 PM	#9
DawnChaser Zhentarim Guard Join Date: June 4, 2001 Location: Los Angeles, CA USA Posts: 340	As a government employee, I get the day off [img]smile.gif[/img] I received an error message "Sorry, we do not permit this HTML tag: Parenthesis in HTML tag" my signature includes parentheses. Is there a way around this? __________________ <IMG SRC=\"http://www.clantoa.com/images/DawnChaserSig.gif\">

01-19-2002, 03:08 AM	#10
SSJ4Sephiroth Beholder Join Date: May 4, 2001 Location: The Outside Looking In Age: 37 Posts: 4,361	as a student in a backwater city in Oklahoma, i do not get this particular holiday off only because the school board refuses to acknwoledge the struggle for civil rights. and no, i do not like my school [img]tongue.gif[/img] .

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