workmen on good Friday

Apip99

Morning all

Not good morning though.

Neigbours are having an extension built, and the feck'n workmen have been there since 8:45 drilling and what not. Just wanted to ask if they should be working on good friday.

I'm a landscaper myself, and am not working, one due to wanting a few days off, and 2, becuase I think it would be rude to be making noise on a day when most people are off work.

I just wanted to know if there are any rules about working good friday, especialy with drills etc, when I, my wife and baby were trying to have a much needed sleep in!!!!!

Thanks,

Phil

Fratton Fred

It's not a public holiday, so why shouldn't they work?

rick_fantastic

lol

Apip99

Thats what I was asking!

Hail 2 Da Chimp

Fratton Fred wrote:

It's not a public holiday, so why shouldn't they work?

Yup its a church holiday... Something to do with the fight between santa and jesus...?

Fratton Fred

I guess the unsympathetic ones are the ones at work :mad:

cornbb

Jeez buddy, don't expect much sympathy here from the thousands of people who have to work today (and tomorrow, and monday, grr :mad:)

Big Chief

most people arent off work though?

biko

Thanks god some are working! My plumbing just stopped/blocked up and there is **** coming up from the drain in the back yard. Someone from Dynarod is coming to sort it before the weekend.

Apip99

No wonder the neighbours left to stay at there parents last night!!!

Oh well. Just have to grin and bear it. Only think is, can't even pop out for a few jars later.

Lump

Here Here, I think everyone should have to work today. People complain when they can't get workmen to turn up..... people complain that they are turning up too much. As long as they not breaking the noise laws.... which drilling and such noise won't be loud enough, then you have little to moan about.

John

um7y1h83ge06nx

In fairness most people I know have work. I work in the private sector in IT and I'm in work.

As far as I can see, only bar workers (because they have to shut), builders (a so-called builders holiday) and a lot of the public sector have it off.

Even quite a few in the public sector are working. My father works in FAS and is off, mainly due to this builders holiday thing as a lot of the students in FAS are apprentices in the construction industry. My mother on the other hand does home help with the HSE and is working.

I don't think anyone is obilged NOT to work except for of course people working in pubs and clubs.

Damn, I wish I had the day off.

And that people that are off stop complaining about things when they're probably out in their back garden chilling out.

Stephen

Its not like they're doing it at 4 in the morning anyway.

monkeyfudge

Byron Black Sweeper wrote:

As far as I can see, only bar workers (because they have to shut), builders (a so-called builders holiday) and a lot of the public sector have it off.

Actually I think a lot of bar staff do work today. It's a day that pubs use to do a bit of general housekeeping about the place.

Big Chief

Lump wrote:

Here Here, I think everyone should have to work today. People complain when they can't get workmen to turn up..... people complain that they are turning up too much. As long as they not breaking the noise laws.... which drilling and such noise won't be loud enough, then you have little to moan about.

John

people just like to moan in general sadly, a society full of whiners

_blank_

Bah!

I hope everyone who isn't working today is woken up to the sound of drilling.

Serves them right tbh.

A holiday to celebrate the day the saviour of the world was nailed high on a cross to die a slow painful death, after been ratted out to the feds by one of his twelve most trusted homies?

WTF?!

um7y1h83ge06nx

monkeyfudge wrote:

Actually I think a lot of bar staff do work today. It's a day that pubs use to do a bit of general housekeeping about the place.

Alright then, we'll add bar staff to the list of moaners today!

um7y1h83ge06nx

seansouth wrote:

A holiday to celebrate the day the saviour of the world was nailed high on a cross to die a slow painful death, after been ratted out to the feds by one of his twelve most trusted homies?

<Homie>That's it, lets go and pop a cap in Judas' ass!</Homie>

I'm suppose to be working but trying to get the day off as I've had the water bug thingy all feckin' week. Will be working tomorrow and sunday though.

Beruthiel

Apip99 wrote:

I think it would be rude to be making noise on a day when most people are off work.

Most people are not off work. I'm stuck in the office today as per usual.
8.45 is not late, I'm up since 6am, so don't feel one bit sorry for you.
Yours begrudgedly
Beruthiel

Beruthiel

Beruthiel wrote:

Most people are not off work. I'm stuck in the office today as per usual.
8.45 is not late, I'm up since 6am, so don't feel one bit sorry for you.
Yours begrudgedly
Beruthiel

You wrote that whilst shaking a fist, didn't you? :P

monkeyfudge

Sheesh... I just got into work and the place is like a graveyard. We seem to be the only crowd in the whole office building open today.

johnnyrotten

They should have started at 0800. Lazy feckers

Car Mad

I was going to come on here and make fun of people at work.:D
But before i started typing I got a phone call.
Guess what?

I have to go to fupping work:mad: :mad: :mad:
Isnt karma a bitch.Oh ya im in the building trade and Theres a few of us not on fuppin holidays:eek:

skywalker

Wow theres an awful lot of bitter people in this thread, I feel for ya OP. My neighbour has just started some hammering. Suppose seeing as its 11 at this stage, I can forgive him though.

mikemac

Same situation as you OP.
My first day off in ages and I'm listening to builders since 8:30.

Easter & Christmas are the only holidays I get as I work every other public holdiday(Paddys Day, May, August, October and I think theres one or two others)
In my contract so have to work them:(
But two days off for every one worked so all good:D

thebaz

skywalker wrote:

Wow theres an awful lot of bitter people in this thread, I feel for ya OP. My neighbour has just started some hammering. Suppose seeing as its 11 at this stage, I can forgive him though.

I also feal for you, and i'm working today as well -- i think if they want to use drills etc on Saturdays, bank holidays, they should wait until 10 -- out of courtesy -- its now not uncommon in Dublin for heavy drilling , electric saws to start going at 7 am , i think they should only get blasting between 10 and 6 , we all need our beauty sleep.

scojones

I'm in work today. 11.30am to 10pm. I'm also working on Monday. Don't you wish you were me?

NUTLEY BOY

What's with the complaints ? Have you not heard ? Easter has been cancelled - apparently they found the body....

ixoy

I work in IT and got the day off. The only reason though is that I'm contracted out to a government site and since their office is closed, I can't do any work. One good thing about working alongside them then I guess

Sierra Oscar

Meh the workmen were working at our house today(New windows)

I was working last night.

biro15

i work in construction and i was working today and as far as i can see there is more people working than not. they started drilling at 08.45 they were very late starting.

Haruspex

monkeyfudge wrote:

Actually I think a lot of bar staff do work today. It's a day that pubs use to do a bit of general housekeeping about the place.

Certainly looked like Doheny and Nesbitt's and O'Donoghue's were getting a new lick of paint as I passed them during lunch break today. No bar staff in sight though, just the painters.

Sometimes wish town was this quiet always. It was blissful not being elbowed off the narrow footpath on Merrion Row!

JMSE

builders holiday means diddly, its taken out of your annual leave, its just another of those days where the boss closes the place coz he's goin 'down home' and forces everyone else to take one of their annual holidays when they'd prefer to be working and taking the day later to suit their own plans

i've a better idea, lets put a cap in the bosses ass ....

Dave!

Jayzis, they're out there lugging bricks around all day, and you feel you're suffering some sort of injustice because they aren't doing it silently? Snap out of it FFS

Sonnenblumen

Apip99 wrote:

Morning all

Not good morning though.

Neigbours are having an extension built, and the feck'n workmen have been there since 8:45 drilling and what not. Just wanted to ask if they should be working on good friday.

I'm a landscaper myself, and am not working, one due to wanting a few days off, and 2, becuase I think it would be rude to be making noise on a day when most people are off work.

I just wanted to know if there are any rules about working good friday, especialy with drills etc, when I, my wife and baby were trying to have a much needed sleep in!!!!!

Thanks,

Phil

How about a game of spell check?

solas

I finished up on thursday and am off till wednesday. I don't ever remember working good friday in all my working years.
I'm working in childcare at the mo and its been very quiet since monday, we've only had half the kids we'd normally have, considering most of the parents are students and they are on holidays too.

As for folk who have no interest in the holidays because of religious connotations, I'm really enjoying the reflective qualities the few days offer
(loads of good movies on tv yesterday too)

afatbollix

ì got double pay thuresday and friday :):):):)
and monday.... but im not working it
and normal pay sunday witch i am working....

Mossy Monk

anto-t wrote:

and normal pay sunday witch i am working....

My heart bleeds as I read that while sitting at work.

Wertz

Pfffft. I work and have worked every GF for the last decade and more....one of the only days of the year we can get into pubs to do some maintenance or redecoration work. No special rates, it's a standard working day.
I hated GF as a child....all that bloody stations of the cross thing combined with a by then serious chocalate withdrawal just made it a crap day.

fatherdougalmag

Don't mean to drag up a dead thread but when it comes to builders' holidays, I can only guess it's an informal thing in the industry. Are builders' holidays recognised by some official body. Is there any Irish construction union/federation that recognises it in some capacity? For example, was the current/last week a builders' holiday?

humanji

This is the end of a builders holidays and it's pretty much up to the company. Some workers a forced to take it off, some work it and some get a choice.