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  1. #31

    Re: Today is Holiday for SprintPCS, but not for you.

    On Mon, 05 Jul 2004 19:57:31 -0400, NobodyMan <[email protected]> wrote:

    >Yea, yea, you yell this every time there's a business day federal
    >holiday. Can you just get it out of the way for the next holiday,
    >Labor Day (in Sep) and get it over with for the summer?
    >
    >Oh, and incidentally, this is a FEDERAL holiday and not all that many
    >businesses recognize it. I just went out shopping and everywhere I


    Actually, other than retail outlets, most businesses DID observe it,
    as they do the other "major" Federal holidays, such as Labor Day and
    Memorial Day. There are a number of Federal holidays that are not
    observed by many businesses (such as President's Day, Veteran's Day,
    etc.), however, in my experience, other than retail businesses
    (stores, theaters, restaurants), most DO observer the "major" Fed
    holidays, ie: Labor Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, New Year's,
    Christmas and Thanksgiving.

    BTW, I deal with over 400 businesses on a day to day basis, as I
    manage the tech support group for a software firm. Based on our survey
    of those customers, all were planning to close and observe the holiday
    after surveying THEIR customers to find that all of THEM were planning
    to close and observe the Federal holiday on Monday.

    >went, and every business I glanced at along the way, were open. Not
    >much of a holiday for them.


    As it is for most retail outlets for over the last 20 years or so.
    Once they realized the money that could be made by staying open on
    those days with all the other folks having a 'day off'......

    I don't think guaging the validity of a holiday based on the retail
    outlets that stay open is much of a guage.

    >
    >I think the name of the minutes you are talking about tell you what to
    >expect: NIGHTS AND WEEKENDS. Let's see, this is Monday - not a NIGHT
    >and not on a WEEKEND.


    It was also an observed holiday by pretty much all but retail outlets.

    Regardless of whether Sprint includes holidays in Night and Weekends
    as other carriers do, it was still a holiday.


    Deb



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  2. #32
    Steven J Sobol
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    Re: Today is Holiday for SprintPCS, but not for you.

    [email protected] wrote:

    > July 5th was the designated Federal holiday for most Federal
    > employees, since July 4 fell on Sunday this year.


    *Exactly.* *This* year.

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  3. #33

    Re: Today is Holiday for SprintPCS, but not for you.

    On Sat, 10 Jul 2004 14:19:41 -0500, Steven J Sobol
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    >[email protected] wrote:
    >
    >> July 5th was the designated Federal holiday for most Federal
    >> employees, since July 4 fell on Sunday this year.

    >
    >*Exactly.* *This* year.


    And, probably *next* year for Christmas and New Years, since they will
    fall on Sunday in 2005, the Monday after will probably be the
    designated holidays.


    Deb



  4. #34
    Steven J Sobol
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    Re: Today is Holiday for SprintPCS, but not for you.

    [email protected] wrote:

    > And, probably *next* year for Christmas and New Years, since they will
    > fall on Sunday in 2005, the Monday after will probably be the
    > designated holidays.


    Indeed. My point was, it doesn't happen every year...

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  5. #35
    Jerome Zelinske
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    Re: Today is Holiday for SprintPCS, but not for you.

    I too have trouble keeping track of, the actual holiday, the
    observed holiday, and the designated holiday.


    Steven J Sobol wrote:
    > [email protected] wrote:
    >
    >
    >>And, probably *next* year for Christmas and New Years, since they will
    >>fall on Sunday in 2005, the Monday after will probably be the
    >>designated holidays.

    >
    >
    > Indeed. My point was, it doesn't happen every year...
    >




  6. #36
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    Re: Today is Holiday for SprintPCS, but not for you.

    In article <[email protected]>,
    Røbert M. <[email protected]> wrote:
    >In article <[email protected]>,
    > NobodyMan <[email protected]> wrote:
    >
    >> Hey - the minutes you are talking about are NIGHTS and WEEKENDS
    >> minutes. Where does it indicate HOLIDAYS in that?

    >
    >Bingo, thats the point. Other carrier's take Holidays, and treat them as
    >nights and weekends.
    >
    >SprintPCS takes Holidays, closes shop (Customer Service was closed
    >Monday July 5), but treats all daytime minutes as Prime Time, where
    >other carriers would treat it as a Holiday for customers AND employees.



    I never expected holidays to be part of the weekend and evening. It wasn't
    that way when I signed up, and I don't expect it to change. Should I be
    outraged? AM I A FOOL TO USE SPRINT?

    Mr Danish Zero would have gotten less flack if he had said "OR July 5th"
    instead of "AND july 5th". But I had no trouble understanding his meaning.

    -tc



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