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"It can be hard especially for single parents, child care is the biggest issue, if you have to work Christmas Day and you have to find childcare it can be a nightmare, but then again it's probably worth finding a job where you can have those days off But let's take a moment to think off the people that make sure our Christmas goes well and safe, police, fire brigade, ambulance crews, nurses, doctors, coastguard and care staff, they can't all have the day off, but they do the job with only the passion for helping people driving them, because let's face it, it ain't the money" This! | |||
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"I'd like to think that those with young children where it's still 'magic' would get priority because you don't ever get that time back. I had to work Xmas eve and Boxing Day of my son's first Xmas. I was gutted. I now work somewhere I can have the entire Xmas period off if I want to, which is what I've done now." the kids are only young once so I kind of agree with you although even for those without children it might be the one time of year they get to see all of their family in the same place at the same time so I would hope that a happy compromise can be sorted in most cases | |||
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"Love school holidays can get my car out the drive with out some parent parking there while they take there fat little child to school if they walked with there child they would not carry so much weight they have no consideration about peoples drive ways,s and blocking people in " They may be on their way to work, so not always time to walk their child to school?? | |||
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"Love school holidays can get my car out the drive with out some parent parking there while they take there fat little child to school if they walked with there child they would not carry so much weight they have no consideration about peoples drive ways,s and blocking people in They may be on their way to work, so not always time to walk their child to school??" so we don,t have to get our car,s out and go to work | |||
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"Love school holidays can get my car out the drive with out some parent parking there while they take there fat little child to school if they walked with there child they would not carry so much weight they have no consideration about peoples drive ways,s and blocking people in " Whilst I understand that blocking someone's drive is unacceptable, your post is a) irrelevant and b) rude. | |||
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"Love school holidays can get my car out the drive with out some parent parking there while they take there fat little child to school if they walked with there child they would not carry so much weight they have no consideration about peoples drive ways,s and blocking people in Whilst I understand that blocking someone's drive is unacceptable, your post is a) irrelevant and b) rude." if it happened to you every day would you not be rude some park and don,t come back for a long time | |||
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"Love school holidays can get my car out the drive with out some parent parking there while they take there fat little child to school if they walked with there child they would not carry so much weight they have no consideration about peoples drive ways,s and blocking people in Whilst I understand that blocking someone's drive is unacceptable, your post is a) irrelevant and b) rude.if it happened to you every day would you not be rude some park and don,t come back for a long time" I know you shouldn't have to, but is it worth investing in a couple of cones and using them over your driveway? I can imagine it's a right royal pain in the arse if you're stuck in due to someone else's inconsiderate parking. | |||
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"Love school holidays can get my car out the drive with out some parent parking there while they take there fat little child to school if they walked with there child they would not carry so much weight they have no consideration about peoples drive ways,s and blocking people in Whilst I understand that blocking someone's drive is unacceptable, your post is a) irrelevant and b) rude.if it happened to you every day would you not be rude some park and don,t come back for a long time" I'm a school lollipop lady and agree with both your posts. Some parents do park inconsiderately, and drive when they could walk. I know this because I know where most of them live and some could walk as they don't work. They block the drop kerbs, preventing me from doing my job safely and I can't always ask them to move as they aren't in their car. | |||
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" How did we get from who works Christmas to parking? " You got to love it. We have had a moment for the emergency services and now parking. I wonder where next? | |||
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"Love school holidays can get my car out the drive with out some parent parking there while they take there fat little child to school if they walked with there child they would not carry so much weight they have no consideration about peoples drive ways,s and blocking people in Whilst I understand that blocking someone's drive is unacceptable, your post is a) irrelevant and b) rude.if it happened to you every day would you not be rude some park and don,t come back for a long time I know you shouldn't have to, but is it worth investing in a couple of cones and using them over your driveway? I can imagine it's a right royal pain in the arse if you're stuck in due to someone else's inconsiderate parking." We have tried that they just move them we have a long drive they have even backed onto it we can not see the end from our house the drive way curves | |||
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" How did we get from who works Christmas to parking? You got to love it. We have had a moment for the emergency services and now parking. I wonder where next? " I can't get a meet as all the women are working or spending time with their families. | |||
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"I don't have children but my family are as important to me and I want my time with them. I lost my nan and great aunt last Christmas /New Year and I am so glad for the Christmases I did have with them. Christmas is a time for everyone, babies, kiddies, family and friends. I'm happy to do my share of bad shifts but I don't agree people with children should have a first dips on time off." it,s worse when you employ people with kids you have got to let them have the first dip or they just ring in sick and you have no one working for you in the pub trade many year,s stopped asking them to work or do extra shifts | |||
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"I don't have children but my family are as important to me and I want my time with them. I lost my nan and great aunt last Christmas /New Year and I am so glad for the Christmases I did have with them. Christmas is a time for everyone, babies, kiddies, family and friends. I'm happy to do my share of bad shifts but I don't agree people with children should have a first dips on time off.it,s worse when you employ people with kids you have got to let them have the first dip or they just ring in sick and you have no one working for you in the pub trade many year,s stopped asking them to work or do extra shifts" Grrrr.... that really gets my goat ! | |||
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" How did we get from who works Christmas to parking? You got to love it. We have had a moment for the emergency services and now parking. I wonder where next? I can't get a meet as all the women are working or spending time with their families. " I can't get to a meet as I can't get my car off the drive | |||
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"I don't have children but my family are as important to me and I want my time with them. I lost my nan and great aunt last Christmas /New Year and I am so glad for the Christmases I did have with them. Christmas is a time for everyone, babies, kiddies, family and friends. I'm happy to do my share of bad shifts but I don't agree people with children should have a first dips on time off.it,s worse when you employ people with kids you have got to let them have the first dip or they just ring in sick and you have no one working for you in the pub trade many year,s stopped asking them to work or do extra shifts Grrrr.... that really gets my goat ! " does it happen were you work | |||
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"I don't have children but my family are as important to me and I want my time with them. I lost my nan and great aunt last Christmas /New Year and I am so glad for the Christmases I did have with them. Christmas is a time for everyone, babies, kiddies, family and friends. I'm happy to do my share of bad shifts but I don't agree people with children should have a first dips on time off.it,s worse when you employ people with kids you have got to let them have the first dip or they just ring in sick and you have no one working for you in the pub trade many year,s stopped asking them to work or do extra shifts Grrrr.... that really gets my goat ! does it happen were you work " Not in this job because they have a lot of term time workers so mostly it's avoided but it did in a prev job. My old boss got so annoyed he refused to pay anyone who was 'sick' without a Dr's note and anyone 'sick' was refused overtime for rest of the month ... kept majority in line | |||
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"In my opinion I feel people with children aged between 5-10 should get Christmas Eve (evening/night) and Christmas morning off. This is the ages that count down to the day and get excited about the magic of Christmas. Before that age Christmas can be done on any day and after they are old enough to understand. I'm lucky in that I have not had to work the Christmas morning yet, I've done lates and I've worked the nights, this year I'm on Christmas Eve. At the end of the day Christmas can be celebrated on any day for adults so I do parents of children of certain ages should get it off. " I can't go to Christmas morning mass on any other day but Christmas | |||
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"Love school holidays can get my car out the drive with out some parent parking there while they take there fat little child to school if they walked with there child they would not carry so much weight they have no consideration about peoples drive ways,s and blocking people in Whilst I understand that blocking someone's drive is unacceptable, your post is a) irrelevant and b) rude.if it happened to you every day would you not be rude some park and don,t come back for a long time I know you shouldn't have to, but is it worth investing in a couple of cones and using them over your driveway? I can imagine it's a right royal pain in the arse if you're stuck in due to someone else's inconsiderate parking.We have tried that they just move them we have a long drive they have even backed onto it we can not see the end from our house the drive way curves" Contact your council to paint a single white line across your access & complain to the school every time it happens - give reg numbers. I live 3 doors from my son's school but he walks 0.7 miles from childminders & back again in the afternoon. He is overweight/fat/obese whatever you choose to call it due to a hereditary under active thyroid problem so please think before you moan about fat children again as it's the 2nd time this week you've mentioned it. | |||
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"Nothing more annoying than people with children expecting they should get preferential treatment, you had them, you took a job knowing it involves working Christmas so you arrange life to suit and stop expecting everyone else to... xx " true | |||
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"Nothing more annoying than people with children expecting they should get preferential treatment, you had them, you took a job knowing it involves working Christmas so you arrange life to suit and stop expecting everyone else to... xx " As a parent, I totally agree. Although when you agree to something you don't often see the link term consequences. For example, this summer I had 2 (non-weekend) days off with my wife. This Christmas I'm having 2 Christmas day and 2 days off next week with my wife. Parents who are forced to take time off at set times (kids holidays) for 10+ years may appreciate a little understanding from coworkers who are more flexible and less constrained. | |||
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"Nothing more annoying than people with children expecting they should get preferential treatment, you had them, you took a job knowing it involves working Christmas so you arrange life to suit and stop expecting everyone else to... xx As a parent, I totally agree. Although when you agree to something you don't often see the link term consequences. For example, this summer I had 2 (non-weekend) days off with my wife. This Christmas I'm having 2 Christmas day and 2 days off next week with my wife. Parents who are forced to take time off at set times (kids holidays) for 10+ years may appreciate a little understanding from coworkers who are more flexible and less constrained. " You sound like the type of person I would quite happily swap a shift with so you wouldn't have to work Christmas day, it's the expecting it as a right that's so off putting with some people... xx | |||
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"We have 4 days off this Christmas (Friday-Monday) and finish lunchtime tomorrow. The week after Christmas is historically one of our busiest as is the week after new year and it's all hands to the deck. One of my colleagues had the mother of all tantrums because she couldn't have Tuesday off as leave. She doesn;t have kids, she just wants to to spend 'Christmas with her boyfriend' who is off all week. So I agreed to work Monday as overtime and as a result she;s getting the Tuesday off as leave. And her reaction, not gratitude, but annoyance at what I am being paid! Some people are just selfish, having kids isn't what defines that trait" Wow that's just rude! -.- some people!! | |||
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"I don't know how you work that out in a fair way but if it were me then I wouldn't argue over it. I don't have kids so it's a no brainer, I'd take the shift and let the families have Christmas with their kids. " I am the same though this Xmas as I am in Manc on the 28th, I wanted the 29th of as well So the agreement I said was I would work from office and be face of the team for the 23rd, and 24th as the other two people have kids. I am the same in the summer never have July or August of but I want first / middle 2 weeks of June it works for most teams I have been in. Also today and tomorrow have been quite / will be quiet - got a fair bit done | |||
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"In my opinion I feel people with children aged between 5-10 should get Christmas Eve (evening/night) and Christmas morning off. This is the ages that count down to the day and get excited about the magic of Christmas. Before that age Christmas can be done on any day and after they are old enough to understand. I'm lucky in that I have not had to work the Christmas morning yet, I've done lates and I've worked the nights, this year I'm on Christmas Eve. At the end of the day Christmas can be celebrated on any day for adults so I do parents of children of certain ages should get it off. " | |||
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