RiderOnTheStorm wrote: » I was a kid when Elvis died. I know that people did not go to work that day, or the day after. It got me thinking, is there anyone alive today, that has such a social influence that you would take the day off work if and when they died? David Bowie was one of mine. I wasn't working the day he died, but if I was, I would definitely have rung in sick. Who would it be for you? Bruce Springsteen? Stevie Wonder? Aretha Franklin? .... or maybe somebody from the world of sport or politics or movies? Is there anyone alive now that has such a big impact as The King did in his day? or has fame been diluted? So, ignoring family for the moment, whose death would have you take an emergency mental health day?
dxhound2005 wrote: » If your dog or cat dies you need time off as well.https://metro.co.uk/2019/08/16/grieving-dog-owner-sacked-taking-day-off-pet-died-10580937/
Charlie19 wrote: » That's a totally different scenario.
jochenstacker wrote: » I wouldn't go to work if Trump died. I keep a bottle of champers on ice for that.
Spon Farmer wrote: » Why? What is to celebrate? Or even care about? Other than bewilderment at how he got to where he is or the frequent amusing news item why would you care one way or the other what he does? To be honest, the fact that you’d celebrate a death is twisted and creepy.
Gregor Samsa wrote: » Apart from family and friends, there’s no one alive or from history that I’d take a day off for their death. My only real hero is the Greek Cynic philosopher Diogenes of Sinope, who died over 2,000 years ago, and he just wanted his body left out for animals to eat. I’d also distinguish between taking a day off because someone famous died, and going to the funeral of someone deserving. It’s entirely possible that I’d go to the funeral of someone ordinary who died in exceptionally tragic or heroic circumstances, even if I didn’t know them. There was a guy in my secondary school who took a few days off when Freddy Mercury died. I thought it was really, really weird. On a related but tangential note, I had a maths teacher in the same school who was the type who would strictly focus on the maths class no matter what happened. He never took a sick day, never chatted in class and gave homework over the summer holidays (and checked it when you came back in September). The day Margaret Thatcher resigned, he came into class with a radio up to his ear, declared “The bitch is gone!” and we sat for 45 minutes listening to the coverage, him with a big smile on his face. That was the one day in 5 years he didn’t give us homework.
jochenstacker wrote: I wouldn't go to work if Trump died. I keep a bottle of champers on ice for that.
tedpan wrote: » Not if, when...!
the beer revolu wrote: » If you need a day off work over the death of someone you have never met and you are over 16,then your employer needs a better employee.
BDI wrote: His genetics are so good he will probably live for ever. You can see it in his daughter, she will probably become first female president ever.
[Deleted User] wrote: » not all heroes wear capes!
bobbysands81 wrote: » Except for when Thatcher died... now that was a party!
the beer revolu wrote: » No. I didn't celebrate Bobby Sands dying. I didn't celebrate Margaret Thatcher dying. Celebrating people dying is fcuking sick.
TheValeyard wrote: » Patrick Stewart. He's awesome. I'd binge watch TNG all day.
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