October_30th's Journal: All Saints day

Thank you very much State Church.

It's just madness that we as a society shut down for a day because of a religious holiday that means absolutely nothing to 99% of people living in this country. It's not just about All Saints day, but other shit like the Christmas and Easter, too. I'm sure you could find people who'd be willing to work on such holidays for a little bit of extra pay or extra vacation days. I know I would. However, since it's a State Church declared holiday, we all have a day off whether we liked it or not.

Now all the stores are closed, I've got no food in the fridge and the new computer stuff I ordered, and specifically asked (and paid for) to be delivered on Saturday when I'm actually home, won't be arriving until Monday because of the All Saints day. And because it arrives on Monday morning, I won't be at home to receive it and that means that I'll have to grab a taxi and collect the 30 kg shipment at the local post office at my own expense - even though I paid extra for weekend & home delivery. I can't get refunds, because hey, it was an official religious holiday and I should have known better not to ask for a delivery on this Saturday.

And how do I feel about it? To paraphrase Samuel L. Jackson in Pulp Fiction: "Well I'm a mushroom-cloud-layin' motherfucker, motherfucker! Every time I think about it, I'm SUPERFLY T.N.T, I'm the GUNS OF THE NAVARONE."

Yeah, I'm about to explode. >:-O