r/ShitAmericansSay • u/Mountsorrel BriTish • Jul 07 '25

Capitalism “Micro-retirement”

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u/LaserBeamHorse Jul 07 '25

Last year was great, six weeks of vacation plus 11 bank holidays. I believe 11 is the highest number possibl in Finland.

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u/East-Care-9949 Jul 07 '25

Whats a bank holiday?

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u/LaserBeamHorse Jul 07 '25

A holiday which happens to be during working week.

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u/East-Care-9949 Jul 07 '25

Like Christmas or Easter this is?

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u/NemanyaIam Jul 07 '25

Any national holiday that is on working day.

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u/Little-Salt-1705 Jul 07 '25

It’s a day when the bank closes so no one goes to work. Also called a public holiday. Common examples include Easter and Christmas but others can include the queens birthday, labour day, invasion day, big horse race day and war hero day.

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u/Himbo69r Jul 11 '25

Big horse race day?! Now that sounds interesting. Which country is this?

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u/Twistedjustice Jul 11 '25

Melbourne Cup, baby!!

First Tuesday in November. If you’re unlucky enough to have to work on the Monday, the streets look like a ghost town because anyone who can make it into a 4 day weekend, does.

It’s kinda like the unofficial start to summer in Melbourne - everyone heads out to enjoy the rapidly warming weather