Happy Labor Day 2025! Who’s working today…

[hardcorestitch]

Thank you to those who are on the job this Labor Day!!

 

[OKW Lover]

Yet another holiday that I don't get. Being retired means you never have a day off.

 

[hardcorestitch]

Yet another holiday that I don't get. Being retired means you never have a day off.

Hope you’re enjoying! I just clocked out… someone has to make the coffee…

 

[tvguy]

Yet another holiday that I don't get. Being retired means you never have a day off.

LOL. EVERY holiday was a normal work day, not a day off in my industry, including Labor Day. We retired 4 years ago, so Labor Day 2021 was the first Labor Day my wife and I did not work in 42 years. First TV station I worked at carried the Jerry Lewis Labor Day MDA Telethon, so NOBODY got today off, and it was usually a weekend of LOTS of overtime. If you worked Labor Day, it was at least a double time day. If you had overtime, that was a triple time situation. At least you didn't have to pack a lunch if you worked the Telethon because there was a steady stream of food donated by area restaurants arriving.
Actually, in retirement, I find holidays a hassled because some of the businesses I need are closed and I have to work around that. Disrupts my routine. Like today, I am fighting with my mail order pharmacy over a prescription that they won't fill until they talk to the Doctor. Of course, the fact that they got the prescription a week ago, and didn't notify me of an issue until SATURDAY doesn't help.

 

[hardcorestitch]

LOL. EVERY holiday was a normal work day, not a day off in my industry, including Labor Day. We retired 4 years ago, so Labor Day 2021 was the first Labor Day my wife and I did not work in 42 years. First TV station I worked at carried the Jerry Lewis Labor Day MDA Telethon, so NOBODY got today off, and it was usually a weekend of LOTS of overtime. If you worked Labor Day, it was at least a double time day. If you had overtime, that was a triple time situation. At least you didn't have to pack a lunch if you worked the Telethon because there was a steady stream of food donated by area restaurants arriving.
Actually, in retirement, I find holidays a hassled because some of the businesses I need are closed and I have to work around that. Disrupts my routine. Like today, I am fighting with my mail order pharmacy over a prescription that they won't fill until they talk to the Doctor. Of course, the fact that they got the prescription a week ago, and didn't notify me of an issue until SATURDAY doesn't help.

Wow…that MDA telethon must have been a pain. I do know that when WGN-TV used to air the telethon that sometimes they end up having a break of about 2-3 hours to air some local baseball coverage.

 

[tvguy]

Wow…that MDA telethon must have been a pain. I do know that when WGN-TV used to air the telethon that sometimes they end up having a break of about 2-3 hours to air some local baseball coverage.

Nah, it was fun. And profitable. We went straight through. Well, MDA had the coverage on a "wheel" where we would go to the National Telethon, come back local at the same times every hour. We broadcast from a local shopping mall. There was always something going on around the clock. The local radio stations would do some fundraising stunt, like a couple of DJs teeter tottering for the duration of the telethon. Another DJ LIVED on a billboard for the three days. Even climbed back up after falling and fracturing both ankles!! The high school marching band passing thru the mall. And a celebrity would always "stop by". Flown in by MDA, I remember Debbie Reynolds one year.

 

[Meriweather]

All 3 of our family workers have today off.
And the 2 kids in school (they also had Friday off).
And then the 2 retirees that are hosting the family lunch in a few minutes

 

[tinkerbellandpeterpan]

DH and I have off today (work at the same company). The other holidays we get off and also get paid for are Thanksgiving, Christmas Day, New Year's Day, Memorial Day, and 4th of July.