Is it neccessary to work on holidays

[calicosrcool]

If you ask me, everybody should get holidays off. No q's asked. I'd like answers from rel bosses please. Holidays are time to spend w/ family, not macines that stamp the M on M&M'S candies!

[woofgang]

Fine, so no police/fire/medical services. No public transport. No TV or radio?

[ojread2]

No supermarkets, no restaurants open, no theme parks, no buses, no taxis, no petrol stations ..........

[avanalarf]

no income tax, no V.A.T.
no money back, no guarantee

[ojread2]

lol

[rowanwitch]

What shouldn't happen is people taking work on holiday with them... when you are sitting on the beach and at least 5 people around you are doing stuff on their laptops, when they are constantly disturbed by work related calls on mobiles... its one way in which technology is a bad thing... for some people its made it possible for them to reassure themselves how indispensable they are...

[WELSHYORKIE]

Rowan - guilty as charged - although this next week my boss can shove his workload right up his...........................

[rowanwitch]

I am not sure who really benefits.. Last time I had a proper holiday my boss asked for my mobile number in case there were problems...I refused and she got quite arsy about it I pointed out she'd had plenty of time to sort out things like cover and learning what I did... but it almost seems expected in some quarters now

[WELSHYORKIE]

I learned from previous hols about that one - I now have 2 phones 1 for family and close friends the other gets turned off!!!

[rowanwitch]

I have two phones as well one for those I am in contact with on here and a family other friends one,,, only three people have both numbers

[factor-fiction]

Are you talking about working on bank/public holidays?
If you are talking about normal holidays then for some jobs (like teachers and many others) then you sometimes have to do some work whilst on holiday... but I can't see why anyone would need to stamp Ms on M&Ms in their holidays

[R1Geezer]

Are you over 9? you haven't really thought this through have you.

[joko]

dont worry, i doubt anyone will ask you...

[cazzz1975]

you havent really thought about the implications of everyone having time off no questions asked, have you ? .. ;)

[dotty.]

if everyone got every bank holiday public holiday off, then they wouldn't have much of their holiday entitlment left at all, I'd rather have the extra 8 days to take as a proper break than random Mondays

[calicosrcool]

I'm only 10...jeez...