Melbourne Cup Petition

[iamcorky]

Fellas,

Saw this on the Big Footy Facebook page - www.cupdaypetition.com.au

Thought it was worthy enough to pass on to the wider audience. I for one would love a public holiday on Melbourne Cup. Feels like something that needs to be made official in light of it being "the race that stops a nation".

Get on board!

 

[Cynic]

It's a horse race.

 

[Ed_Gein]

It's a horse race.

One that goes for a couple of minutes at that. Any decent workplace would turn a telly on so you can view it, run a sweepstake and all that.

For public holiday; I say no!

 

[Bunk Moreland]

LOL... I must say i’ve never quite got the concept of the petition. Has there been a petition in human history that has actually changed anything?

 

[Cynic]

LOL... I must say i’ve never quite got the concept of the petition. Has there been a petition in human history that has actually changed anything?

Voting is a kind of petition.

 

[iamcorky]

Eeek! Maybe I'm in the minority. It does however have 10,000+ signatures so far.

 

[Cynic]

Eeek! Maybe I'm in the minority. It does however have 10,000+ signatures so far.

People would sign a petition for a Public Holiday to celebrate Tom Cruise's birthday if they thought it would get them a day off work.

 

[Happy_Neale]

Best long weekend of the year. Everyone pulls a sickie on the Monday, head out on the town for the night (no shortage of places to go), then have a nice recovery day with a few bets on the Tuesday

 

[The Passenger]

can i ask why people wouldn't want a public holiday ?

ok it's a stupid reason for a public holiday, but who cares....

 

[Caesar]

I don't really mind. At any decent workplace on the east coast it's pretty much a half day anyway, with the afternoon as a piss-up. Part of the tradition really - it wouldn't really be Melbourne Cup Day without the office sweep and the junior trainees being sent down the street to the TAB every five minutes.

Midweek public holidays tend to be annoying anyway. Either you take the Monday off and make it a long long weekend, then have a hectic three days later in the week trying to catch up. Or you come in on the Monday, get pretty much nothing done because everyone's taking a four day weekend, and feel like you've wasted your time showing up at all.

I really just feel sorry for the sandgropers. The whole show is over by midday and then they have to go back to work.

 

[Bunk Moreland]

I propose that Oaks Day should also be a public holiday, as well as Thousand Guineas (Wednesday) at Caulfield. Annoying to have to take annual leave.

I reckon I could get 10k signatures.

 

[Jackfrost]

can i ask why people wouldn't want a public holiday ?

ok it's a stupid reason for a public holiday, but who cares....

Because Tuesday is a shit day to have one.

 

[IAMJUNGLEMUFFIN]

It's a horse race.

So what? It's part of our culture.

 

[Poseidon]

Echoing other people's opinions here a) it's just a bloody minute long horse race and b) Tuesday is a bad day to have it. Seriously Australians are lazy ****ers, any excuse for a day off work and then you go to work and do a half arsed job anyway. Grow up.

 

[OhhhhhCyril]

I propose that Oaks Day should also be a public holiday, as well as Thousand Guineas (Wednesday) at Caulfield. Annoying to have to take annual leave.

I reckon I could get 10k signatures.

Sign me up! For bloody sure

 

[tandino]

Echoing other people's opinions here a) it's just a bloody minute long horse race and b) Tuesday is a bad day to have it. Seriously Australians are lazy gooses, any excuse for a day off work and then you go to work and do a half arsed job anyway. Grow up.

If it took a horse a minute to run two mile, it'd be worthy of a public holiday.

 

[GOAUS!]

LOL... I must say i’ve never quite got the concept of the petition. Has there been a petition in human history that has actually changed anything?

Switzerland has a rule that if a certain amount of people want it, they have a referendum.

 

[The Passenger]

Because Tuesday is a shit day to have one.

it's still better than not having one.

and it's not really a shit one. organise the monday off as a holiday day and you get a four day weekend.

 

[The Passenger]

Echoing other people's opinions here a) it's just a bloody minute long horse race and b) Tuesday is a bad day to have it. Seriously Australians are lazy gooses, any excuse for a day off work and then you go to work and do a half arsed job anyway. Grow up.

boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

 

[The Big Sticks]

I live in Victoria but I don't even get Melbourne Cup day off work.

 

[Quivorir]

Could not give a shit about any other state so I wont be signing it.

 

[Papa Juggs]

Should I point out that each state gets their own public holiday for their own cup day?

No that would be bringing the facts into it.

Not sure how that works for vic country though.

 

[Caesar]

Should I point out that each state gets their own public holiday for their own cup day?

No they don't.

 

[Papa Juggs]

I didn't say that day they were given was the actual cup day.

Each state gets an even number of public hols.

I was just wondering if Melb Cup day is metro only are those people having an extra day off to the country Vics and everybody else?

 

[Caesar]

Melbourne Cup Day is state-wide. Because of Cup Day, NSW has one less public holiday than Victoria. NSW Labour Day is in October rather than May, but every other holiday is shared.

Regional holidays (like Show days, etc.) are different.