Good Friday and Privilege Days

Dinny Breen · April 09, 2009, 03:47:16 PM

Seriously why do civil servants/public servants get Good Friday off and and recieve a privilege day as well? My understanding is that this day use to be to allow rural employees of the Civil Service in the 1940s an extra day to travel home from the city for the holidays. Madness and a waste of tax payers money that this still continues today.

In fairness I have no issue with Good Friday and think everyone should have it off but the privilege day just bugs me...

gerrykeegan · April 09, 2009, 03:55:01 PM

Quote from: Dinny Breen on April 09, 2009, 03:47:16 PM
Seriously why do civil servants/public servants get Good Friday off and and recieve a privilege day as well? My understanding is that this day use to be to allow rural employees of the Civil Service in the 1940s an extra day to travel home from the city for the holidays. Madness and a waste of tax payers money that this still continues today.
In fairness I have no issue with Good Friday and think everyone should have it off but the privilege day just bugs me...

Dinny

Is that statement relating to the Civil Service in general or the Privilege day?

Hank Everlast · April 09, 2009, 03:57:49 PM

Civil servants do not get good friday off.

Dinny Breen · April 09, 2009, 04:45:41 PM

QuoteCivil servants do not get good friday off.

Eh? Fairly sure they do in the south and I support 2 pubic servant bodies and they are bothoff tomorrow and next Tuesday (privilege day!)

The Privilege day is a waste of Tax Payers money although the Dept of Finance has to be the biggest waste of money in the land, couldn't forecast a reverse forecast in a dog race with only two dogs...

Declan · April 09, 2009, 05:02:58 PM

Yep Tuesday is a privilege day as Fairyhouse will be full of Civil Servants who couldn't be bothered going on the Monday!!!

Lecale2 · April 09, 2009, 09:32:49 PM

God ye are awful hard on the Civil Sevants all of of a sudden! Why aren't ye all on the back of the farmers as usual?

INDIANA · April 09, 2009, 09:38:18 PM

civil servants do get it off. A family member is one. I get a choice- I prefer to work Good Friday- arguably the most boring day in the world- waste of a day off in my view.

maggie · April 09, 2009, 10:03:22 PM

Quote from: INDIANA on April 09, 2009, 09:38:18 PM
civil servants do get it off. A family member is one. I get a choice- I prefer to work Good Friday- arguably the most boring day in the world- waste of a day off in my view.

I'm sure J.C would disagree with you there.

Puckoon · April 09, 2009, 10:30:37 PM

Im not even gettin 1 bleedin day off work.

Ball Hopper · April 09, 2009, 10:58:41 PM

Quote from: Dinny Breen on April 09, 2009, 04:45:41 PM
QuoteCivil servants do not get good friday off.

Eh? Fairly sure they do in the south and I support 2 pubic servant bodies and they are bothoff tomorrow and next Tuesday (privilege day!)

The Privilege day is a waste of Tax Payers money although the Dept of Finance has to be the biggest waste of money in the land, couldn't forecast a reverse forecast in a dog race with only two dogs...

Nice one.

mrsandman · April 10, 2009, 10:13:23 AM

Quote from: hardstation on April 09, 2009, 10:58:59 PM
Stations of the Cross tomorrow. Watching The Passion of the Christ here, the stations could be worse. Jesus gets his **** kicked in for the first time.......Snatters come flying out of Jesus' neb.........

Ah, Jaysus, it's a hard aul station.

pardon the pun