Microsoft Wrongly Gives Britain the Day Off

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Microsoft Wrongly Gives Britain the Day Off

Posted by samzenpus on Monday May 28, 2012 @04:16AM from the should-have-slept-in dept.

Barence writes "An error in Outlook's public holidays calendar has incorrectly given Britons the day off work. Today was originally meant to be a Bank Holiday in Britain, but the holiday was postponed for a week to coincide with the Queen's diamond jubilee next week. However, Microsoft Outlook and Windows Live services are still reporting today as Britain's Spring Bank Holiday, potentially tricking Britons into believing they have the day off work."

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meh by larry+bagina · 2012-05-28 04:18 · Score: 5, Insightful

"potentially"? How about you find some git that skipped work because of it.

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Microsoft CAN do this. by nurhussein · 2012-05-28 04:21 · Score: 5, Funny

After all, Microsoft does own England.
Finally, a real.. by Anonymous Coward · 2012-05-28 04:28 · Score: 5, Funny

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Re:Seems a bit late to post this! by Richard_at_work · 2012-05-28 04:42 · Score: 5, Informative

Normal work hours in the UK are 9am to 5.30pm, with an hour for lunch (this is typical of every job I have worked, non-retail). This was posted at about 5.15pm - just before the end of the normal working day for most people.
UK isn't England by norfolkboy · 2012-05-28 04:50 · Score: 5, Interesting

I don't pay any attention anyway.
Microsoft insists in referring to England as the UK when in fact they mean England.
Scotland has different holidays to England, but these aren't available to Scottish users according to MS.
Last year Windows UK had a UK tour, which only toured English cities. Nothing in Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland.
A peeved UK citizen in Scotland.
1. Re:UK isn't England by Nethead · 2012-05-28 04:58 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  A peeved UK citizen in Scotland.
  Isn't that statement redundant?
  
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Re:This is what happens with kings/queens by Beardo+the+Bearded · 2012-05-28 06:00 · Score: 5, Funny

Microsoft has people working in the UK and the USA...
Not today.

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Re:This is what happens with kings/queens by mfraz74 · 2012-05-28 07:31 · Score: 5, Informative

I think you'll find that the extra day off is next Tuesday and not this Friday. Oh and Ubuntu has been showing the correct bank holiday for at least a year.
Re:This is what happens with kings/queens by jd · 2012-05-28 12:14 · Score: 5, Informative

Constitutionally, the monarch is strictly forbidden from talking about policy in public. The government is legally entitled to kick the monarch out of office for such an offense and has attempted to extend that to Prince Charles any number of times. The monarch also has no right to vote and no right to own personal property (they merely have the right to use the property held in trust for the monarchy), so they definitely have fewer rights.
Yes, Labour changed the holiday, which shows you just how much advance notice Microsoft had and thus the viscosity of the molasses they call management.

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