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Apr 10, 2020
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scootsy
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Obviously. I’m saying it should be both.
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Why is it so hard to get Utah employers to get
byukarl
4/10/20 11:51am
Our culture doesn’t get it. I don’t think it’s anybody’s fault.
Superman21
4/10/20 11:53am
So no business owners in Utah spent 2 years in another country learning about
JAGA97
4/10/20 11:57am
Serving a mission doesn’t help you focus/learn about other cultures
IceBlueCoug
4/10/20 11:59am
Hmm. Maybe it's been too long. I seem to remember spending nearly every single
JAGA97
4/10/20 12:06pm
But a missionary experience is so narrow and limited that it’s hard to understand.
IceBlueCoug
4/10/20 12:11pm
Which is still way more than most.
califcougar
4/10/20 12:13pm
And who has a more personal experience without actually being from that culture?
JAGA97
4/10/20 12:20pm
I spent two years in Canada, not a single time was Good Friday ever mentioned
jhingman
4/10/20 12:14pm
In Brazil where half the country is Catholic, I think the only Good Friday thing
KingDave
4/10/20 12:19pm
Most Christians focus on the death of Christ and The Church focuses on His resurrection
IceBlueCoug
4/10/20 11:57am
That doesn’t answer his question
coolcats
4/10/20 12:00pm
It’s probably the same answer to question of
Superman21
4/10/20 12:04pm
Why not both? Greater love hath no man than this. Seems to be an act worth celebrating
scootsy
4/10/20 12:10pm
Same reason you don’t see crosses in our buildings, the resurrection and the Living Christ is the main focus of
IceBlueCoug
4/10/20 12:13pm
Obviously. I’m saying it should be both.
scootsy
4/10/20 12:15pm
It would serve you well to give this BYU podcast a listen:
RealComfortableJeans
4/10/20 12:35pm
I'm not really sure what you are trying to say.
JuicyJam
4/10/20 12:00pm
Yes, most people get the day off. I haven’t worked a Good Friday in 20 years. The market is closed today, it’s an
Texas Hammer
4/10/20 12:03pm
No doubt it is a holiday some places. I got the day off when I lived in Texas.
JuicyJam
4/10/20 12:06pm
I had the day off when i worked in Utah for a company headquartered in NC
Texas Hammer
4/10/20 12:08pm
it was scheduled to be a day off school in TX this year
byujag
4/10/20 12:13pm
The only time I’ve seen it celebrated in Oregon was my wife’s last employer
KingDave
4/10/20 12:07pm
Most people don't get the day off
ColoSpgs
4/10/20 12:09pm
Might be the case in Texas, not in Illinois or California. Most people still
califcougar
4/10/20 12:18pm
He’s actually try to say he’s more sophisticated and enlightened and less
Big Daddy D
4/10/20 12:24pm
Yeah, that’s exactly what I’m saying. You got me Big Daddy. Can’t get much by you.
Texas Hammer
4/10/20 12:28pm
We should get it off. March April May is a big gap of holidays.
SLC-Warrior
4/10/20 12:03pm
I will give a big amen to this.
Superman21
4/10/20 12:05pm
Person on East Coast- Doesn't everyone get Friday off for Easter?
PJMort
4/10/20 12:14pm
I was clueless about Good Friday being a holiday until I went to work for
tevye
4/10/20 12:37pm
I assure you that like most things, this is not a “Utah thing”. There are
RealComfortableJeans
4/10/20 12:38pm
Tell them it's like if they had to work on July 24th. Maybe they'd get it.
BlueBlitzkrieg
4/10/20 1:23pm
I grew up in Idaho and spent many summers in Utah, I still don’t get it.
Superman21
4/10/20 1:26pm
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