Although the federal government cannot require private companies to observe holidays

JFC what a dystopian hellhole. It kills me they are so proud of their shitty living conditions.

Wait really, why coulsnt they force them to?!? In Canada companies that are open pay huge fines. Companies that are deemed essential do not recieve fines but have to pay 2.5 Mult to employees and if the employee does not work they get a days pay.

Money is God in America.

Okay, everybody is off.

…well, I guess we need essential services like police, fire, medical, etc.

…and if they’re going to work, they’re gonna need food, so restaurants should be open too.

…and if they all gotta get to work, we gotta have gas stations open as well.

…and with all these other people off, people are gonna vote then want the rest of the day to do things, so we should probably have stores and entertainment venues open also.

And now all the “minimum wage” people are stuck working on a holiday, while the people who can afford to be off actually get off.

Rinse and repeat for every current holiday.

To be honest i can’t tell if this is satire, spoof or against day off? I mean emergency social services are essential. Food and the rest are not, you do your shopping the day before and bring a lunch, self serve pumps are everywhere anywyas and entertainment services are not essential.

I used to work in a cinema.

Christmas day was our single busiest day of the year, every year. Even with traditional Christmas activities like having family dinners and gift-giving, people still wanted to go see a movie. They couldn’t stay home with their families for just one day so we minimum wage saps didn’t get to stay home with ours.

Nothing I wrote was satire. This is exactly how it is in the US.

• If you have a white-collar job, enjoy your day off.

• If you have a blue-collar job, you might not have to work, depending on what holiday it is.

• If you have a service job, fuck your holiday because money.