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Old Jul 9th 2009, 10:02 am
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is there a holiday coming up for the ascension of the prophet?
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allegedly.... but in this place you never know or can plan until the day before
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Default Re: Public holiday - 20th July?
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is there a holiday coming up for the ascension of the prophet?
Sorry but I didn't know that Insey had ascended yet...
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is there a holiday coming up for the ascension of the prophet?
I had heard this as well but we will have to wait and see what the papers say.
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I had heard this as well but we will have to wait and see what the papers say.
The pubs will be closed for sure, but not too certain it's a holiday these days!!!!!
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Great Stuff, my workplace has just confirmed we have the day off - Monday 20th July bit of a sleep in for me then
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Great Stuff, my workplace has just confirmed we have the day off - Monday 20th July bit of a sleep in for me then
shame it wasn't the Sunday, then it would be a nice long weekend
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Originally Posted by Autonomy
is there a holiday coming up for the ascension of the prophet?
DIC have announced we have Monday 20th off.
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shame it wasn't the Sunday, then it would be a nice long weekend
I'm thinking of taking the sunday off...Looooooooooooooooooooooooong weekend...
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I'm thinking of taking the sunday off...Looooooooooooooooooooooooong weekend...
why don't you be a devil and take the thursday too...you never know what you might get up to...

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why don't you be a devil and take the thursday too...you never know what you might get up to...

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Our company holiday policy is based on calendar days and not work days, so I would be losing 2 days from my annual leave...
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Originally Posted by Confucius
Our company holiday policy is based on calendar days and not work days, so I would be losing 2 days from my annual leave...
ah well...

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Old Jul 11th 2009, 2:24 pm
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Our company holiday policy is based on calendar days and not work days, so I would be losing 2 days from my annual leave...
yeah that's such a stupid rule.
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Originally Posted by Confucius
Our company holiday policy is based on calendar days and not work days, so I would be losing 2 days from my annual leave...
Might be worth it though :-)
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yeah that's such a stupid rule.
I know...There's many ways to get around it though...
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