Kai Nalo kirjoitti:No höpö höpö. Bank holiday on nykyään ihan yleinen nimitys juhlapyhille joita pääsevät kyllä ihan kaikki muutkin nauttimaan, olkoonkin että se alunperin on ollut 1800 luvulla pankin pyhä. Mutta se ei missään nimessä tarkoita sitä, että vaan pankin väki on lomalla.
Ei kai kukaan sanonutkaan, että vain pankin väki olisi lomilla?
Bank holidayt eroavat IMHO Lontoossa suomalaisista pyhistä siinä, että kaupungin palvelut ovat pankkeja lukuunottamatta keskustassa suurimmaksi osaksi auki - toisin kuin Suomessa. Ts. kun Suomessa on vapaapäiviä / pyhiä ja olisi aikaa shoppailla, ei mikään paikka ole auki.
Wikipedia sanoi:
"A bank holiday is a public holiday in both the United Kingdom and Ireland. There is no automatic right to time off on these days, although the majority of the population not employed in essential services (e.g. utilities, fire, ambulance, police, health-care, public transport workers) receive them as holidays; those employed in essential services usually receive extra pay for working on these days. The first official bank holidays were the four days named in the Bank Holidays Act 1871, but today the term is widely used for public holidays which are not officially bank holidays, for example Good Friday and Christmas Day."
Ja konkreettisesti mitä se tarkoittaa:
http://golondon.about.com/od/londoncale ... oliday.htm
"Does Everyone Stop Work?:
Most of the population get a day off work, but there is no legal right to not work these days. Obviously, those employed in essential services must still work (e.g. police, fire, health, etc). Many employed in tourist industries and retail also work these days as they are popular for family days out and shopping! The only day that everything really shuts is Christmas Day (25 December).
So, What's Open?:
In central London nearly everything remains open, but further out of the center more shops give their staff a day off. Remember, banks will be shut, but Bureau de Change facilities and ATMs will still be available."
Minun mielestäni siis puhuttaessa Lontoosta Bank Holiday ei ole suoraan sama asia kuin suomalainen pyhä. Ollaanko me samaa mieltä asiasta?
