| View previous topic :: View next topic |
| Author |
Message |
Tuttifruitti
Joined: 07 Oct 2004
Posts: 75
|
 Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 6:24 pm Post subject: |
 |
|
The rumour I heard is that we are getting Sunday AND Monday off this year because they are planning on making a bit of a thing of National day as we haven't had big celebrations for the last 2 years. Nothing announced yet though.  |
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
Gordon
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
Posts: 5309
Location: Japan
|
| Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2006 2:30 am Post subject: |
|
|
| What is it with you guys being in the dark when it comes to holidays? How is anyone supposed to plan anything, students and teachers? Is this an Islamic thing to keep you on your toes? In Japan here, I get a list of every holiday and day off 12 months in advance. I even know when the "surprise" fire drill is going to happen 6 months in advance? |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Afra
Joined: 02 Feb 2003
Posts: 389
|
| Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2006 3:35 am Post subject: |
|
|
| Plan holidays . . . what a quaint idea! |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
caliph
Joined: 05 Jun 2006
Posts: 218
Location: Iceland
|
| Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2006 1:35 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| You see here, everything depends on the phases of the moon, a quaint custom. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
NadiaK
Joined: 27 Jul 2006
Posts: 206
|
| Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2006 7:41 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| Well, except for the 2nd December, which always falls on...2nd December, moon or no moon. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Gordon
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
Posts: 5309
Location: Japan
|
| Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2006 1:44 am Post subject: |
|
|
| caliph wrote: |
| You see here, everything depends on the phases of the moon, a quaint custom. |
Yeah, well we know what the moon is going to do in the next few years and decades. Barring some asteroid blowing it up, full moons and such are pretty regular. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
veiledsentiments
Joined: 20 Feb 2003
Posts: 17644
Location: USA
|
| Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2006 1:45 am Post subject: |
|
|
Gordon
It is a frustrating fact of life in most of the Gulf. The religious holidays are supposed to follow the sighting of the moon. But, it even spreads to other holidays - such as National Day.
The problem is that if the locals know when the holiday is - they invariably disappear many days before. The students disappear... the bureaucrats disappear... So, they just don't tell you when the days off will be. Few locals leave the country, thus they don't mind as much as we do or they merely drive to the next country to visit family. The rumors run wild for a month before, but you often don't know until the day before.
With religious holidays, like Ramadhan and the Eids, I used to call the TV station before I went to bed because it was the only way to know what time to be at work for the first day of Ramadhan, or not to go to work if it was the first day of Eid. Eventually I was able to gauge it by the programing. 
I also quit trying to plan an Eid trip out of country.
VS |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Gordon
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
Posts: 5309
Location: Japan
|
| Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2006 1:55 am Post subject: |
|
|
| veiledsentiments wrote: |
Gordon
It is a frustrating fact of life in most of the Gulf. The religious holidays are supposed to follow the sighting of the moon. But, it even spreads to other holidays - such as National Day.
The problem is that if the locals know when the holiday is - they invariably disappear many days before. The students disappear... the bureaucrats disappear... So, they just don't tell you when the days off will be. Few locals leave the country, thus they don't mind as much as we do or they merely drive to the next country to visit family. The rumors run wild for a month before, but you often don't know until the day before.
With religious holidays, like Ramadhan and the Eids, I used to call the TV station before I went to bed because it was the only way to know what time to be at work for the first day of Ramadhan, or not to go to work if it was the first day of Eid. Eventually I was able to gauge it by the programing.
I also quit trying to plan an Eid trip out of country.
VS |
Truly sad. They can't tell the locals when the holidays are or they'd leave work early. That would be funny if it wasn't true.
Japan is the complete opposite. Everyone gets 2 weeks off/yr, but no one takes it because they would be letting down the company and not pulling their weight. Same goes with leaving work at the end of the day. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
veiledsentiments
Joined: 20 Feb 2003
Posts: 17644
Location: USA
|
| Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2006 2:00 am Post subject: |
|
|
I read that companies are trying to enforce vacations in Japan... so many executives working themselves to death.
This is NOT a problem in the ME.
VS |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Gordon
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
Posts: 5309
Location: Japan
|
| Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2006 2:06 am Post subject: |
|
|
| veiledsentiments wrote: |
I read that companies are trying to enforce vacations in Japan... so many executives working themselves to death.
This is NOT a problem in the ME.
VS |
Yes, it is called karoshi. I bet they don't have an Arabic word for it.
Next to impossible to force someone to take holidays in Japan especially as the company doesn't want them to take time off in the first place.
Last edited by Gordon on Wed Nov 22, 2006 3:36 am; edited 1 time in total |
|
<
FAQ
Search
Memberlist
Usergroups
Register
Profile
Log in to check your private messages
Log in
