My Biggest Complaint About Columbus Day

Of course you have to come work today.

There is no holiday stuck in holiday limbo quit like Columbus Day. There is no rhyme or reason as to what business will be open or what business will be closed. And the idea of a “Columbus Day Sale”? Seriously, are you that happy about Europeans discovering that which was already discovered? Maybe you ought to come clean with your customers and call it a “Fall Sale” or something catchy like that.

It seems half the schools close and half don’t. Around here, as if to insult the pseudo-holiday further, schools are closed tomorrow. That’s pretty bad. “We are not closing on the day the holiday is celebrated, we will close the day after.” Smack.

For the most part, the only business left celebrating Columbus Day and closing up shop is the government. Do you really want to be in the same boat as the government?

The bottom line is this - my biggest complaint about Columbus Day is that you would be better off complaining about those who get off for the pseudo-holiday than you would be complaining about having to work on Columbus Day.

What would you do? It’s October. There are no football games on. You can’t go skiing yet. Will you run down to the park and jump in the dead leaves?

It’s not even worth having the day off if it were a legitimate holiday.

This is your chance to establish some workplace camaraderie. It’s us against them. We’re better. We are working because it is the right thing to do.