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OriginalSunshine

Apr 6th 2013 4:59 pm

How bizarre

:blink:

our weekend will change in a few weeks time to be Friday & Saturday instead of Thursday & Friday

how bizarre

jam25mack

Apr 6th 2013 5:02 pm

Re: How bizarre

That's Oman isn't it?

shikra

Apr 6th 2013 5:08 pm

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Don't tell me that you are talking about K.S.A, otherwise, it means you are talking about 'my weekend' :frown:

OriginalSunshine

Apr 6th 2013 5:15 pm

Re: How bizarre

not KSA; beautiful Oman :D

not fussed by the change but a bit freaky as now I have to get used to different days of the week again :(

OleJanx

Apr 6th 2013 5:44 pm

Re: How bizarre

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tt6SFMisrs

scot47

Apr 6th 2013 6:01 pm

Re: How bizarre

KSA talk about doing this from time to time, but never seem to implement it.

Saj786

Apr 7th 2013 9:08 am

Re: How bizarre

effective 1st May 2013

http://main.omanobserver.om/node/159987

nonthaburi

Apr 7th 2013 9:12 am

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so when it changes do you gain a weekend or lose a weekend ?

busybee2

Apr 7th 2013 9:20 am

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i remember when they kept changing the weekends in the uae, and then back again.....

mentalist

Apr 7th 2013 10:56 am

Re: How bizarre

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Originally Posted by OriginalSunshine (Post 10643669)

:blink:
our weekend will change in a few weeks time to be Friday & Saturday instead of Thursday & Friday
how bizarre

The only bizarre thing is why it took Oman so long to move into the 20th century. Hopefully, it won't be too long before the UAE leads the region into the 21st century by having civilised Saturday & Sunday weekends. By then the KSA will still be back in the Middle Ages.;)

OleJanx

Apr 7th 2013 11:33 am

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Originally Posted by mentalist (Post 10644573)

Hopefully, it won't be too long before the UAE leads the region into the 21st century by having civilised Saturday & Sunday weekends.

You really are thick if you think there is the remotest chance of that happening, mental one.

gottheTshirt

Apr 7th 2013 12:07 pm

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Originally Posted by OleJanx (Post 10644619)

You really are thick if you think there is the remotest chance of that happening, mental one.

Pakistan has a saturday/sunday weekend. This means that everybody, except the non muslim western expats, is allowed to have most of Friday off to pray and then two days for the weekend.

OleJanx

Apr 7th 2013 12:14 pm

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Originally Posted by gottheTshirt (Post 10644662)

Pakistan has a saturday/sunday weekend. This means that everybody, except the non muslim western expats, is allowed to have most of Friday off to pray and then two days for the weekend.

That's as maybe, but I very much doubt it'll ever happen in the UAE. Pakistan's weekend is a legacy of colonial times.

jackthehat

Apr 7th 2013 12:26 pm

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Originally Posted by OleJanx (Post 10644675)

That's as maybe, but I very much doubt it'll ever happen in the UAE. Pakistan's weekend is a legacy of colonial times.

Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, I believe in Bradford now? :)

OriginalSunshine

Apr 7th 2013 1:04 pm

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Originally Posted by nonthaburi (Post 10644477)

so when it changes do you gain a weekend or lose a weekend ?

we (as far as I know) have to work an extra day on Thursday 02 May, so 6 day working week, then get a weekend.

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