atari2600land's Blog

One difficulty with widely-coordinated holidays is that many people want to use them to do all the things they're too busy to do when they have to work. Frankly, I'd like to see some holidays where nearly everything was closed except government offices, to allow people to attend to government business that they'd like to get done but can't without taking time off work since the government office isn't open on nights or weekends.

One difficulty with widely-coordinated holidays is that many people want to use them to do all the things they're too busy to do when they have to work. Frankly, I'd like to see some holidays where nearly everything was closed except government offices, to allow people to attend to government business that they'd like to get done but can't without taking time off work since the government office isn't open on nights or weekends.

That's a good idea, but in the town where I live (the capital of Oregon), there's a lot of people who work for the state (including my mom and sister), and chances are they wouldn't go for it.

That's a good idea, but in the town where I live (the capital of Oregon), there's a lot of people who work for the state (including my mom and sister), and chances are they wouldn't go for it.

 

Who's supposed to be serving whom? Of course, those in power want everyone else to be their slaves, but unless they want to declare a coup they're the people's servants.

That's a good idea, but in the town where I live (the capital of Oregon), there's a lot of people who work for the state (including my mom and sister), and chances are they wouldn't go for it.

 

Who's supposed to be serving whom? Of course, those in power want everyone else to be their slaves, but unless they want to declare a coup they're the people's servants.

 

That's a good point. I wish the government would stop being stupid and make their hours more accessible. For example, why do letter carriers deliver mail on Saturday and yet all the post offices are closed? Or better yet, the government can hire people to work all their office stuff for weekends only. The pay wouldn't be as good, but the unemployment rate would go down. BTW, this is the farthest reach into politics I've ever gotten in the forum.

They're closed in Oregon? The post offices in Texas are open until noon on Saturdays.

They're closed in Oregon? The post offices in Texas are open until noon on Saturdays.

Here they're open 8:30am to 5pm Mon-Fri.