On Fri, 23 Nov 2012 08:42:26 -0500, jmcquown >
wrote:

>On 11/22/2012 1:48 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 22/11/2012 12:33 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>>> On 11/22/2012 11:52 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>>> To our American friends. Enjoy the day. Enjoy your families. Enjoy the
>>>> feast.
>>>>
>>> Thank you!
>>>>
>>>> And thanks for the Black Friday sales. Canadian merchants have finally
>>>> realized how much business they are losing to cross border shoppers
>>>> taking advantage of the sales. As a result there are lots of big sales
>>>> planned here for tomorrow and Saturday. We can save the time and hassle
>>>> of crossing the border and being stuck in huge lines there and at
>>>> American stores and by the stuff here.
>>>
>>> I feel sorry for the employees. I know when I worked in retail
>>> (granted, years ago) we didn't suddenly have to work until or after
>>> midnight because of the holidays. In fact, the stores closed at 6PM on
>>> Thanksgiving and Christmas (if they were open at all). People seemed to
>>> manage just fine without those ridiculous shopping hours.
>>>
>>
>> It is the retail workers who suffer. Everyone else gets the day off, but
>> the people in one of the lowest paid sectors of the work force end up
>> having to work and don't get to enjoy the holiday.
>>
>Thursday is a normal garbage/trash pickup day here. Every year Republic
>Waste would pick up despite Thanksgiving always falling on a Thursday.
>This year we were notified no trash pickup due to Thanksgiving. I
>thought, "Good!" and didn't put the bin by the curb. Corporate
>apparently forgot to tell the guys who actually drive the truck and
>empty the bins! Around 9:30 yesterday morning I heard the truck. I ran
>to the end of the driveway to try to flag them down. They didn't see
>me, couldn't hear me. I looked up and down the street; no one else had
>set their bins out, either. So these poor guys were driving around for
>no friggin reason when they could have been at home. (I hope they'll at
>least get paid. I imagine they have to punch a time-clock; I hate
>time-clocks but in this instance it's a benefit.)
>
>Jill

I have private sanitation. They don't pick up on holidays when it
falls on my pick up day. Instead they phone a few days before to wish
a happy holiday and informing to place the trash out on the next day.
I prefer they pick up the day after a holiday, there is always more
trash after a holiday.