Your “I Just Don’t Get Why It’s A Paid Day Off” Easter Monday Open Thread

Maybe it’s a byproduct of my conservative upbringing, but I don’t understand why the Monday following a holiday that falls on a Sunday is a paid day-off.

I mean, I’m already off on Sunday, so why the Monday as well? If it’s because the holiday was on the Sunday, why am I getting paid, since I don’t work on Sunday. Thanksgiving (in Canada) falls on a Monday, so I get that I get that off with pay. But Easter is a Sunday, which I already have off, and I don’t know of a single, secular North American school that teaches on a Sunday. (Praise Cthulhu!)

And I feel bad for the folks who don’t have a union contract that have to work both days – they don’t get a day off, and sometimes I wish union folks remembered that when they whine about how badly they are treated by their employer.

But, since I’ve no other option, I’m taking it. Day drinking, y’all!

Tonight’s sports:

• NHL:
  • Senators at Bruins – 7:00PM | CNBC / Sportsnet
  • Capitals at Leafs – 7:00PM | NBCSN / CBC
  • Blackhawks at Predators – 9:30PM | CNBC / Sportsnet1
  • Ducks at Flames -10:00PM | NBCSN / CBC
• NBA:
  • Pacers at Cavs – 7:00PM | TNT / TSN
  • Grizzlies at Spurs – 9:30PM | TNT /
• MLB:
  • Pirates at Cardinals – 7:00PM | ESPN / TSN2