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Re: 5 day week deliveries!!

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clashcityrocker wrote:
royalmailslave wrote:
Lounge Lizard wrote:Saturdays off would be welcomed by our colleagues of certain religious faiths. :nana :nana :nana

The question begs,*if* i was a colleague of certain faith,would i be entitled to have every Saturday off work?,because its against said religion to work on a Saturday??
How do deliveries work in Golders Green?
They used to have a 4 day week now they have a 9 day fortnight ! By the way the us senate have rejected recently a monday to Friday service !
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Ahhh, must be no privatisation for the US Mail on the horizon then, wouldn't be good for the ol' USofA to be seen to stifle a fledgling private enterprise at it's birth.
Unlike here in the UK.
Anyway, Dingo old fruit, what's YOUR plans for Saturday? Not anything remotely like ours, I bet. :Very Happy
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royalmailslave wrote:
Lounge Lizard wrote:Saturdays off would be welcomed by our colleagues of certain religious faiths. :nana :nana :nana

The question begs,*if* i was a colleague of certain faith,would i be entitled to have every Saturday off work?,because its against said religion to work on a Saturday??
Allegedly, at our main office, a new starter ( presumably of the Jewish orthodox faith ) will be joining, and he has said that he CANNOT work on Saturdays, and ( the story goes ) local management have tried to avoid hiring, but senior management has forced it through...now I know every office, has Mon-Fri duties but they tend to need years of seniority to earn them, and for any reserve not getting 1 in 6 every Saturdays off, have they any right to a grievence? Isn't there a reasonable case to refuse employment on the basis that his Sabbath is a normal working day ( would you employ Maggie Thatcher as an ACAS arbitrator? Or Dennis Skinner as chairman of the CBI? ).

I'm not looking to cause conflict with him, I'd quite cheerfully buy him a bagel from the bagel shop over the road from the office...the sausage or the bacon bagels are the dogs bo**ocks!
I don't suppose your mouth bleeds every 28 days, does it?

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I'm not in favour of circumcision but you have to admit the lapsing looks fun

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clashcityrocker wrote:I'm not in favour of circumcision but you have to admit the lapsing looks fun

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Is it lapsing, or are they star bursting?
I don't suppose your mouth bleeds every 28 days, does it?

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I call it lapsing
You call it starbursting
Let's call the whole thing off.
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clashcityrocker wrote:I call it lapsing
You call it starbursting
Let's call the whole thing off.
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smokerjim wrote:
royalmailslave wrote:
Lounge Lizard wrote:Saturdays off would be welcomed by our colleagues of certain religious faiths. :nana :nana :nana

The question begs,*if* i was a colleague of certain faith,would i be entitled to have every Saturday off work?,because its against said religion to work on a Saturday??
Allegedly, at our main office, a new starter ( presumably of the Jewish orthodox faith ) will be joining, and he has said that he CANNOT work on Saturdays, and ( the story goes ) local management have tried to avoid hiring, but senior management has forced it through...now I know every office, has Mon-Fri duties but they tend to need years of seniority to earn them, and for any reserve not getting 1 in 6 every Saturdays off, have they any right to a grievence? Isn't there a reasonable case to refuse employment on the basis that his Sabbath is a normal working day ( would you employ Maggie Thatcher as an ACAS arbitrator? Or Dennis Skinner as chairman of the CBI? ).

I'm not looking to cause conflict with him, I'd quite cheerfully buy him a bagel from the bagel shop over the road from the office...the sausage or the bacon bagels are the dogs bo**ocks!


Is that really such a problem?!!
I'm also Jewish (non-Orthodox), so I'm more relaxed about Sabbath observance, but I still go to a Liberal Synagogue in London when I can......I would love to have every Saturday off, for that reason!
Based on the fact that the majority of the workforce are nominal Christian, if not practising, they can be able to attend church on a Sunday if necessary - why should Muslims and Jews be disadvantaged from observing their Sabbaths?!
Muslims would quite appreciate Fridays off and Jewish workers, Saturday. Why not?
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No worries here boys, I've cracked it, lets work a 4 day Mon to Thurs week - everybody gets to go to their chosen place of worship on the given day and bingo - problem solved :angel
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dvbuk55 wrote:No worries here boys, I've cracked it, lets work a 4 day Mon to Thurs week - everybody gets to go to their chosen place of worship on the given day and bingo - problem solved :angel
See Postman did have it right
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TrueBlueTerrier wrote:
dvbuk55 wrote:No worries here boys, I've cracked it, lets work a 4 day Mon to Thurs week - everybody gets to go to their chosen place of worship on the given day and bingo - problem solved :angel
See Postman did have it right
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Yeah,and if i also bring my faith thingy into it from my mothers side next door neighbour,i'll be on a 3 day week. :dance
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My religion is smelling my own armpit.
Can we make it a 2 day week?

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POSTMAN wrote:
TrueBlueTerrier wrote:
dvbuk55 wrote:No worries here boys, I've cracked it, lets work a 4 day Mon to Thurs week - everybody gets to go to their chosen place of worship on the given day and bingo - problem solved :angel
See Postman did have it right
:chuckle :chuckle :chuckle :chuckle
Yeah,and if i also bring my faith thingy into it from my mothers side next door neighbour,i'll be on a 3 day week. :dance
Don't be crazy postman, why would you want to do more work than you do now? :chuckle :chuckle :chuckle
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The church of Jedi has it's holy day on a Monday so I think I'll be wanting a Monday off so that I can watch Star Wars and pray :angel :nervous
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These are the ten commandments of the Church of Maradona.
No mention of the Sabbath.



1.The ball must not be stained, as D10S has proclaimed
2.Love football over all things
3.Declare your unconditional love of football
4.Defend the colours of Argentina
5.Preach the words of D10S all over the world
6.Pray in the temples where he preached and on his sacred mantles
7.Dont proclaim the name of Diego in name of an only club.
8.Follow the teachings of the Maradonian Church
9.Let Diego be thy name, and thy one of your children
10."No ser cabeza de termo y que no se te escape la tortuga." (Meaning "don't be a hothead and don't let the turtle escape you")
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