71 votes
YES-Holiday 54%
NO-Had to work 39%
YES-Took vacation/sick day 5%
Martin Luther King Day has thrown the holiday schedule upside down.
Some companies give employees the day off, others don’t. Some use it as an optional floating holiday.
Some companies stopped giving workers President’s Day off when MLK Day came around so they can use the excuse that they don’t give any holidays that honor people. But they still give Christmas off which is supposed to honor a person.
MLK Day is the only holiday that people expect you to work, even if you have the day off. The slogan is, “It’s a day on, not a day off.”
It’s the only national holiday that the retailers haven’t figured out what to put on sale in their stores. Of course, you wouldn’t expect Sears to have a White Sale, but Home Depot should consider a Paint and Broom Sale since volunteers are charged to paint murals and clean up public buildings on Martin Luther King Day.
I wonder how Martin would like to see his day honored.
He would use it as a day of rest like God created the earth in 6 days and rested on the 7th day. Something like that. LOL! Although a great man, MLK was not God but I think he would think the whole thing was funny. He would have a good laugh.
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