Aaaaw it’s not all fun and games over Easter. Not to put a dampner on things of course, but our Simon, a British expat working over in France has got a bone to pick with the way the French work…
“Easter’s depressing, because Good Friday (in a mainly Catholic country no less) is not a public holiday. There are no days off "in lieu" elsewhere in the year either - particularly ironic because "in lieu" comes from the bloody French in the first place. A
lso, fixed date holidays falling on weekends do not get you the following Monday off. You can end up with pretty big bank holiday withdrawal on Good Friday.
We get grumpy at Christmas time too: there's no Boxing Day, and if the 25th is on a Saturday or Sunday then Christmas is just like a regular weekend, except for turkey and treats. Cause for some gloating this year in France though, as the 1st, 8th, and 25th of May are all bank holidays, (labour day, end of WW2, and ascension respectively). Don't get jealous too quickly though - last year the 1st and the 8th fell on the weekend and of course, we got no days off in lieu..."
Makes you kind of glad you work here, really, doesn't it.
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