[SixOfEleven]

Monday is Canadian Thanksgiving. I was wondering what all my fellow Canadain's plans are for Thanksgiving. For me, I'm spending the weekend with my girlfriend. We are having our dinner tomorrow and not Monday so I can travel on Monday with out being tired from turkey.

[NeoTifa]

It's also Columbus Day in America. No work. I don't work on mondays anyways, so no holiday pay

[SixOfEleven]

It is a statutory holiday here. That means you still get paid as long as you work your regular scheduled shifts immediately before and immediately after the holiday.

[Choscura]

Why do canadians always have the better interpretations of american ideas?

[supersloth]

how is their's better?

[Choscura]

supersloth said:

how is their's better?

SixOfEleven said:

It is a statutory holiday here. That means you still get paid as long as you work your regular scheduled shifts immediately before and immediately after the holiday.

[dorknexus]

Monday's a paid holiday for me.

[supersloth]

same. so uh, now what?

(and so is the american thanksgiving, so, still looking for where the 'better' part of their interpretation comes from)

[BenignDesign]

I have to work Columbus Day, but I get a 5 day weekend for Mrcn Thanksgiving! w00t! Turkey time can't come soon enough! And I'm salaried so my paycheck is the same no matter what I work, when I work or how many holidays are involved.

This post has been edited by BenignDesign: 09 October 2010 - 04:33 AM

[NeoTifa]

Like I said, I would get paid on monday if monday's were on my work schedule. Unfortunately, there is a physics lab right in the middle of what would be my workshift.

[Amadeus]

I'm planning on BBQing a turkey for the first time. Good friend Johnny Walker has agreed to help.

[supersloth]

what do you have to do differently than using the oven? (outside of the obvious using a bbq)

[Choscura]

supersloth, on 09 October 2010 - 01:33 AM, said:

same. so uh, now what?

(and so is the american thanksgiving, so, still looking for where the 'better' part of their interpretation comes from)

Did I miss something, then? The way I read that was that you get holiday pay *and* get the holiday off if you do the work the day before and the day after the holiday. That seems different to me- in a superior way.

Seriously, did I **** up my interpretation of that or what? I thought that was different.

[dorknexus]

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Did I miss something, then? The way I read that was that you get holiday pay *and* get the holiday off if you do the work the day before and the day after the holiday. That seems different to me- in a superior way.

I don't have to work on Monday and I get paid for a full day's work. How is it different?

This post has been edited by Dark_Nexus: 09 October 2010 - 12:17 PM

[Amadeus]

supersloth, on 09 October 2010 - 12:20 PM, said:

what do you have to do differently than using the oven? (outside of the obvious using a bbq)

Not sure...never done it before. Looks like indirect cooking method, so only half the BBQ on...temperature consistence is a little more tricky, but it should be fun. If I screw it up, I'm ordering Indian for everyone