so, really, what happened? usually we're back up the next monday. this took an extra day. what gives?

I think the most obvious explanation is that yesterday was a Bank Holiday here in Britain, and so none of us were at work. I don't actually know that for certain, but I would imagine that it's highly likely...

Bank holiday in Britain means volc didn't notice it was broken until today.

I imagine the cleaning lady in Germany tripped over the cable again :p

Oh, so it wasn't beer this time.

I think the most obvious explanation is that yesterday was a Bank Holiday here in Britain, and so none of us were at work. I don't actually know that for certain, but I would imagine that it's highly likely...oh, right! yesterday WAS a holiday, wasn't it?

working night shift at a place that never closes has me so unbelievably screwed up...

Clearly it was all W:A2's fault!

Clearly it was all W:A2's fault!I thought it was W2:A

what is a bank holiday?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_holiday

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_holiday
oh okay so that's just what would be considered a federal holiday in the us (like labor day and memorial day). very good

oh okay so that's just what would be considered a federal holiday in the us (like labor day and memorial day). very good
Yes, apart from we have a lot less of them than you do :p

Yes, apart from we have a lot less of them than you do :p
i'm not so sure of that. loooking at wikipedia - and considering the public holidays we actually get off - i see new year's day, martin luther king jr. day (january), memorial day (early summer), independence day (july 4), labor day (late summer), thankgiving (november) and christmas

We have off:

January 1st
"May Day" (first Monday in May)
Whatever the late May bank holiday is called (last Monday in May)
Summer bank holiday (last Monday in August)
Christmas Day
Boxing Day (26th December)


So you still have more days off than us Brits :p

You missed Easter, thomasp?

Oh yeah. Is Good Friday (Friday before Easter Sunday) a bank holiday too, or is it just Easter Monday?

either way, thomas, that puts us both at 7 :p

We never had bank holidays off while at uni... we still had to come in for lectures.

Wow that's harsh! Even we got bank holidays off! Although I think that was more to do with the lecturers not wanting to come in... :p

In Maplin, we only shut on New Years Day, Christmas Day and Good Friday.

In Maplin, we only shut on New Years Day, Christmas Day and Good Friday.
That's because everyone else needs to buy electrical components to fiddle with and attempt to "replace" on Bank Holidays, since the weather's usually too lousy to go outside and play with some large, dangerous power tools :p