Old Men Yell At Clouds (Formerly: Irrational Pet Peeves)

[Gergall]

Christmas on a Wednesday. Big thumbs down.

Don't you just get the whole week off then?

Sees much better than being on a Saturday, for example, or Sunday.

I think it is fair to say that in the USA, most companies have exactly 1 day holiday for Christmas, no matter which of the 7 days of the week it is on.

Monday and Friday are good, but Sunday and Saturday are equally good.

Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday are the bad days because you get an island holiday instead of anchored to the weekend.

[rsersen]

Yeah, the last two companies I’ve worked for gave a half day on Xmas Eve and off Xmas Day. Anything other than that was PTO.

Which made Tuesday and Friday the best, since you could just take a half-day on Xmas Eve and make a four day weekend out of it.

Fortunately had enough time banked to take off Mon-Thur this week (and Friday should be a pretty slow day full of GEMP). But yeah, Wednesday Xmas (and New Years) is a drag.

[shawnd1984]

Christmas on a Wednesday. Big thumbs down.

Don't you just get the whole week off then?

Sees much better than being on a Saturday, for example, or Sunday.

If christmas is on a Saturday, the federal holiday becomes the 24th. If on a Sunday, it's the 26th, both are infinitely better. Wednesday is the worst.

[shawnd1984]

Ham for Christmas. Congratulations, it's the worst presentation of edible pig.

x2, ham sucks

more than likely that your chef sucks

when done right ham can be amazing, the problem is most people dont even know how to use an oven properly

When done right, cow stomach can be amazing (had great tripe in Italy). Good ham is the exception, not the rule.

[shawnd1984]

Irrational joy...

The surprising shelf life of this thread.

[CRG]

Irrational joy...

The surprising shelf life of this thread.

Pet peeves are eternal, rational or otherwise.

[JarJarDrinks]

Ham is great as long as it's sliced thin and served between bread alongside some kind of cheese.

[shawnd1984]

Ham is great as long as it's sliced thin and served between bread alongside some kind of cheese.

This is reasonable and nuanced and I'll allow it.

[arebelspy]

Christmas on a Wednesday. Big thumbs down.

Don't you just get the whole week off then?

Sees much better than being on a Saturday, for example, or Sunday.

I think it is fair to say that in the USA, most companies have exactly 1 day holiday for Christmas, no matter which of the 7 days of the week it is on.

Monday and Friday are good, but Sunday and Saturday are equally good.

Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday are the bad days because you get an island holiday instead of anchored to the weekend.

Yeah, the last two companies I’ve worked for gave a half day on Xmas Eve and off Xmas Day. Anything other than that was PTO.

Which made Tuesday and Friday the best, since you could just take a half-day on Xmas Eve and make a four day weekend out of it.

Fortunately had enough time banked to take off Mon-Thur this week (and Friday should be a pretty slow day full of GEMP). But yeah, Wednesday Xmas (and New Years) is a drag.

Damn. That's garbage.

Thanks for explaining, guys.

(Was a student who always had winter break, then a teacher who had winter break, now a bum who has no job, so I tend to forget how toxic our work culture is.)

Blame the US working situation, not Christmas.

Pet peeve: US workers don't get a month+ of holiday days per year like most first world countries, so it's not easy to take the whole week of Christmas off.

[Hobbie]

Christmas worked out for me this year. We're closed christmas eve and day. My days off are sunday/monday. I scheduled the 26-28 off. So I'm getting 9 days off and only using 3 days of PTO.

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[shawnd1984]

Christmas on a Wednesday. Big thumbs down.

Don't you just get the whole week off then?

Sees much better than being on a Saturday, for example, or Sunday.

I think it is fair to say that in the USA, most companies have exactly 1 day holiday for Christmas, no matter which of the 7 days of the week it is on.

Monday and Friday are good, but Sunday and Saturday are equally good.

Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday are the bad days because you get an island holiday instead of anchored to the weekend.

Yeah, the last two companies I’ve worked for gave a half day on Xmas Eve and off Xmas Day. Anything other than that was PTO.

Which made Tuesday and Friday the best, since you could just take a half-day on Xmas Eve and make a four day weekend out of it.

Fortunately had enough time banked to take off Mon-Thur this week (and Friday should be a pretty slow day full of GEMP). But yeah, Wednesday Xmas (and New Years) is a drag.

Damn. That's garbage.

Thanks for explaining, guys.

(Was a student who always had winter break, then a teacher who had winter break, now a bum who has no job, so I tend to forget how toxic our work culture is.)

Blame the US working situation, not Christmas.

Pet peeve: US workers don't get a month+ of holiday days per year like most first world countries, so it's not easy to take the whole week of Christmas off.

Have to blame US consumers as well. See previous posting about December 26th being a top shopping day... Also, aren't we all discussing a new SW movies right now? Somebody is working those theaters!

[arebelspy]

Have to blame US consumers as well. See previous posting about December 26th being a top shopping day... Also, aren't we all discussing a new SW movies right now? Somebody is working those theaters!

Hourly jobs like those generally don't have paid time off anyways, and often get paid extra on/near holidays.

Salaried PTO is what I was specifically referring to. But yes, less consumerism in general is always nice.

[shawnd1984]

Have to blame US consumers as well. See previous posting about December 26th being a top shopping day... Also, aren't we all discussing a new SW movies right now? Somebody is working those theaters!

Hourly jobs like those generally don't have paid time off anyways, and often get paid extra on/near holidays.

Salaried PTO is what I was specifically referring to. But yes, less consumerism in general is always nice.

Yeah, I think there's definitely a pervasive "rat race" mentality. There's a lot of year end nonsense in a ton of industries (especially any large company) that ensure that the holidays aren't even a more relaxed time.

[quesosauce37]

Ham for Christmas. Congratulations, it's the worst presentation of edible pig.

x2, ham sucks

more than likely that your chef sucks

when done right ham can be amazing, the problem is most people dont even know how to use an oven properly

When done right, cow stomach can be amazing (had great tripe in Italy). Good ham is the exception, not the rule.

learn to cook

im a cook, so your not gonna scare me with what youve eaten....

[shawnd1984]

Ham for Christmas. Congratulations, it's the worst presentation of edible pig.

x2, ham sucks

more than likely that your chef sucks

when done right ham can be amazing, the problem is most people dont even know how to use an oven properly

When done right, cow stomach can be amazing (had great tripe in Italy). Good ham is the exception, not the rule.

learn to cook

im a cook, so your not gonna scare me with what youve eaten....

I ate a loose blueberry in the checkout aisle of Aldi. Just ate a loose grape skittle outside of the women's restroom at work this week.

[shawnd1984]

The 2020 "Legends of Music" calendar I saw which had paintings of Bowie, Prince, Hendrix, and.... CARDI B?!

[fungineer]

The morons who fail to return items in the grocery store after changing their minds. I.E. A Honey Dew in the cat food aisle.

I'm not an animal tho. If it's a cold item I'll return it to the fridge section.

Same here. Though in high school I did enterain myself with the "50 Fun things to do at wal-mart" including filling up a cart of stuff and leaving it there. Though grocery in the wal-mart wasn't common place then.

[CRG]

When the "time to complete" on a recipe does not include prep/assembling/etc. - just solely the cooking/baking/whatever time.

[shawnd1984]

When the "time to complete" on a recipe does not include prep/assembling/etc. - just solely the cooking/baking/whatever time.

Yep. I could do an offshoot of just food preparation pet peeves.

[shawnd1984]

Using the word "Problematic", because it's intellectually lazy and people that tend to use it have no answer if someone asks "what do you mean by that?".