Another Public Holiday

KatrynKat · Post by **KatrynKat** » 14 Dec 2011, 17:59

Pretoria - Acting president Kgalema Motlanthe on Wednesday added another public holiday to the festive season.

According to an announcement by the presidency, December 27 will now also be a public holiday.

Motlanthe is acting president while President Jacob Zuma is in Mozambique for a state visit.

News24

Post by **Anakha56** » 14 Dec 2011, 19:57

I wonder what this does to my leave calculations now... *plotting*

BTW Shouldnt this be in the following thread: http://forums.pcformat.co.za/viewtopic.php?f=79&t=40512

RuadRauFlessa · Post by **RuadRauFlessa** » 14 Dec 2011, 20:01

nope since the extra holiday in question is in 2011 and not 2012

Post by **Anakha56** » 14 Dec 2011, 20:06

Ah, awesome will read properly next time

.

Still this gives me a day back on my leave which is just awesome!

RuadRauFlessa · Post by **RuadRauFlessa** » 14 Dec 2011, 20:09

Oh I agree... it is an extra day I can use next year to make a looooong weekend for a trip to Bloemfontein

KatrynKat · Post by **KatrynKat** » 14 Dec 2011, 20:34

hehehe...
glad i could bring some joy to you guys...

StarBound · Post by **StarBound** » 14 Dec 2011, 20:40

One mother of a long weekend. Bet on having to fire half my staff for not pitching before the new year

Tribble · Post by **Tribble** » 14 Dec 2011, 20:44

They have just given us the 27th

Post by **Stuart** » 14 Dec 2011, 20:47

Tribble wrote:They have just given us the 27th

Ja think? Quick, someone start a thread about it. Call it "Another Public Holiday" or something like that.

StarBound · Post by **StarBound** » 14 Dec 2011, 20:48

And I wish I could use it to tell people to go home and rest but I can't since fueling stations aren't allowed to close on any holiday.

Give me a higher position and I would have forced closing for holidays.

Tribble · Post by **Tribble** » 15 Dec 2011, 17:16

Ja well here on the KZN coast we are a little behind the times

doo_much · Post by **doo_much** » 19 Dec 2011, 11:14

StarBound wrote:And I wish I could use it to tell people to go home and rest but I can't since fueling stations aren't allowed to close on any holiday.

Give me a higher position and I would have forced closing for holidays.

Not allowed? Do you mean the owner doesn't allow it or is it a legal thing?

Post by **KALSTER** » 19 Dec 2011, 14:53

The new holiday means we get stock this week that should have come on the 27th, meaning I can stay on holiday throughout next week and over the new year. Hooray!

RuadRauFlessa · Post by **RuadRauFlessa** » 20 Dec 2011, 16:16

doo_much wrote:
StarBound wrote:And I wish I could use it to tell people to go home and rest but I can't since fueling stations aren't allowed to close on any holiday.

Give me a higher position and I would have forced closing for holidays.
Not allowed? Do you mean the owner doesn't allow it or is it a legal thing?

It is a legal thing. The fall in the bracket with emergency services.

StarBound · Post by **StarBound** » 20 Dec 2011, 18:40

I wouldn't exactly call needing to fill your car with petrol on the 26th an emergency or even that packet of salted chips that you so despirately crave either.

Oh a heads up. A ton of suppliers have closed for the week and half of them only reopens the 3rd or the 9th of January. I suggest you guys stock up on munchies else you might find yourself looking at tin foil al'aking with dove soup stuffing.

RuadRauFlessa · Post by **RuadRauFlessa** » 20 Dec 2011, 21:27

Well if emergency medical services runs out of fuel and you are in an accident in need of emergency medical attention... what do you think... would you rather have those people working in order to save a life....

StarBound · Post by **StarBound** » 21 Dec 2011, 00:23

What your describing is either major neglect from those emergency services to ensure they are stocked or a mass retardation where everyone is in a genecidal accident.

I do see your point but we can't even skeleton staff eg 2-4 people to man the pumps. It needs to be 6-8 with all ails accessible.

Even so I still feel there should be that 1 or 2 days a year where everyone should have off and everyone could close. But then there is the risk factor of those out with sinister intent, the person who against better judgement decides to test their alcohol tolerance level and the ever present running with scissors scenario.

doo_much · Post by **doo_much** » 21 Dec 2011, 10:39

Interesting - one of our local filling stations closes on all religious holidays...

StarBound · Post by **StarBound** » 21 Dec 2011, 10:44

Lucky *******.

doo_much · Post by **doo_much** » 21 Dec 2011, 10:51

I'd love to report them somewhere - a while ago they ran out of all grades of petrol the night before the price was supposed to go up. 'Luckily' they had managed to be re-stocked by 06:00 the next morning. Yeah sure...

Needless to say I do not support them. At all.

CapNemo · Post by **CapNemo** » 21 Dec 2011, 10:54

Next time use a match to check the level doo

doo_much · Post by **doo_much** » 21 Dec 2011, 10:56

That could work - assuming I can find a match that's at least 100m long!

CapNemo · Post by **CapNemo** » 21 Dec 2011, 11:23

Drop it in

jee · Post by **jee** » 21 Dec 2011, 11:23

and that you increase your running speed....

doo_much · Post by **doo_much** » 21 Dec 2011, 11:44

My 'running speed' is severely limited by a huge dislike of physical excercise and an even huger middle-age bierboep.

So pass.

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