White collar worker and executives: “Hurray, it’s labor day weekend! 3 full days off! We are so fortunate to live in a Great Country that Cares about it’s Workers!”
Service industry workers who know labor day weekend is one of the busiest 3 days of the year which means double or triple shifts and not seeing family all while being forced to be not only polite but cheerful:
While also knowing that Labor Day was intended as a holiday for them and they still have to put up with this shit
So many times this weekend at work, I’ve been asked by pleasant customers, “You have Monday off, right?” “Got any plans for Labor Day?” “Looking forward to the holiday?”
And I smile, shrug, and say, “Nope! I’m here all weekend.”
And I can just see their expression fade away because they don’t know how to respond to that. How can I, a department manager, have to work on a holiday? In what reality is that allowed? I break their fucking minds and honestly, it’s beautiful.
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