St George's Day.

[Psl]

Do your celebrate it in your business?

Do you allow staff to celebrate it?

Do you have St George's Day offers?

 

[OldWelshGuy]

I celebrate by throwing darts at a dartboard with a phot of the English Rugby team on it.

 

[Deleted member 138423]

I celebrate by throwing darts at a dartboard with a phot of the English Rugby team on it.

Is that because you hate getting thrashed so very often?

 

[markrobin]

Hello,
We celebrate this with a shot meeting in our office with a cup of tea. My whole staff enjoy this and give me thanks to celebrate.

 

[Moneyman]

we tend to spend it with a depressed look and a few grumbles about sasanachs

 

[OldWelshGuy]

I will be serious now and say the equiv for St Davids day in Wales is a big event, schools Tv just about everyone gets involved. Disneyland paris has a St Davids day weekend (5 busloads of kids form our local area went out this year).

Business wise, retail tends to do stuff, but most businesses don't.

 

[telemax]

We have a Welsh guy in the office who will not drink from a mug with the England team logo on it!!

 

[NicholasTaylor]

Sometimes it can be quite difficult to advertise within specific 'holidays.' One of the main problems is that customers can become offended. Our client base is so diverse that we wouldn't send out a targeted offer - just one of those things.

 

[Psl]

I will be serious now and say the equiv for St Davids day in Wales is a big event, schools Tv just about everyone gets involved. Disneyland paris has a St Davids day weekend (5 busloads of kids form our local area went out this year).

Business wise, retail tends to do stuff, but most businesses don't.

That's good to here and I think England could learn from this.

 

[Psl]

Sometimes it can be quite difficult to advertise within specific 'holidays.' One of the main problems is that customers can become offended. Our client base is so diverse that we wouldn't send out a targeted offer - just one of those things.

Therein lies the problem, customers may get offended, but why?

 

[ITsoldUK]

Sometimes it can be quite difficult to advertise within specific 'holidays.' One of the main problems is that customers can become offended. Our client base is so diverse that we wouldn't send out a targeted offer - just one of those things.

Nonsense...

If I had a BM outlet I would definitely put the flags out and be proud of my heritage.

Too often today it gets devalued and overlooked.

As for the question, I don't as my business is not offline, however, if it was...sure I would!

Happy St. Georges Day to one and all.

 

[ITsoldUK]

I will be serious now and say the equiv for St Davids day in Wales is a big event, schools Tv just about everyone gets involved. Disneyland paris has a St Davids day weekend (5 busloads of kids form our local area went out this year).

Business wise, retail tends to do stuff, but most businesses don't.

And I echo PSL's sentiments above.

I wish we would do it here too.

Very often people will not even know what today is all about but alas, this is a sign of the times.

 

[mhall]

Goodbye to my England,-So long my old friend
Your days are now numbered, being brought to an end
To be Scottish, Irish or Welsh, that's just fine
But don't say you're English, that's way out of line.

The French and the Germans may call themselves such,
As may Norwegians, the Swedes and the Dutch,
You can say you are Russian, or maybe a Dane.
But don't say you're English, ever again

At Broadcasting House that word is taboo
In Brussels they've scrapped it, in Parliament too,
Even schools are affected, staff do as they're told,
They mustn't teach children about the England of old

Writers like Shakespeare, Milton and Shaw
Do the pupils not learn about them anymore?
How about Agincourt, Hastings, Arnhem or Mons
When England lost hosts of her very brave sons?

We are not Europeans how can we be?
Europe is miles away, over the sea,
We're the English from England, let's all be proud
Stand up and be counted- shout it out loud!

Let's tell our government-and Brussels too
Were proud of our heritage and the Red White and Blue
Fly the flag of St. George or, if you must, the Union Jack
Let's tell the world - WE WANT OUR ENGLAND BACK!

 

[NicholasTaylor]

Therein lies the problem, customers may get offended, but why?

Everyone has different levels as to what actually 'offends' them. Why? Sometimes people just kick up a fuss over anything and everything, sometimes to try and get a freebie or something out of it. Why? I couldn't tell you!

 

[ITsoldUK]

Everyone has different levels as to what actually 'offends' them. Why? Sometimes people just kick up a fuss over anything and everything, sometimes to try and get a freebie or something out of it. Why? I couldn't tell you!

Simple solution, if they are offended then that is their problem.

There are other suppliers out there.

Travel the world and see how many big patronage days take place, do they worry about offending? Nope.

There philosophy is simple, if you don't like it, tough. It is who we are so live with it or move on...

Does anyone get considered when they switch on the lights at Melton Road for Eid? Nope.

What about the Carribean Carnival in August.

What about the removal of our Christmas plays from our Primary school? (all examples stated are in Leicester)???

Just three examples of celebrations (or the removal of) that could offend people easily.

But when it comes to an English celebration, we have to tip toe around all the pc brigade and bend over backwards to accommodate everyone else.

Wrong, wrong wrong.



This is not a statement about race, religion or any thing else that may be misinterpreted in today's England, it is a statement about being allowed to celebrate.

Rant over...B.O.T.

 

[KateCB]

I thin k that if customers got offended, then that is their problem, not ours as a business; no-one gets offended for St. Davids Day. St. Patricks Day or St Andrews Day, so why St. Georges day - do we all have to hide our national affiliations in case we offend someone? Its madness - the world is mad!
After that rant, we don't really celebrate St. Georges day do we - why not? I think I will start a trend and declare this evening a celebration and have TWO glasses of wine with my meal instead of one.....really push the boat out.

Someone said that St. George was Turkish, moved to France and is cited as slaying a mythical beast in England.......mmmmmm? Thoughts?

 

[ITsoldUK]

I thin k that if customers got offended, then that is their problem, not ours as a business; no-one gets offended for St. Davids Day. St. Patricks Day or St Andrews Day, so why St. Georges day - do we all have to hide our national affiliations in case we offend someone? Its madness - the world is mad!
After that rant, we don't really celebrate St. Georges day do we - why not? I think I will start a trend and declare this evening a celebration and have TWO glasses of wine with my meal instead of one.....really push the boat out.

Someone said that St. George was Turkish, moved to France and is cited as slaying a mythical beast in England.......mmmmmm? Thoughts?

He was Greek and became a Roman soldier/officer...

Great pages of reference can be found here

 

[OldWelshGuy]

I thin k that if customers got offended, then that is their problem, not ours as a business; no-one gets offended for St. Davids Day. St. Patricks Day or St Andrews Day, so why St. Georges day - do we all have to hide our national affiliations in case we offend someone? Its madness - the world is mad!
After that rant, we don't really celebrate St. Georges day do we - why not? I think I will start a trend and declare this evening a celebration and have TWO glasses of wine with my meal instead of one.....really push the boat out.

Someone said that St. George was Turkish, moved to France and is cited as slaying a mythical beast in England.......mmmmmm? Thoughts?

I am 52 now, and for years and YEARS we would eet up with the English fans at rugby matches, ans they would be waving the union flag, we would say to them, why are you waving the union flag when you have your OWN flag? It took 20+ years of constant campaigning to get the English to wave the Cross of St George flag, and now they do it.

here is the odd thing, the TRUE welsh flag is balck with a gold cross on it, but the current Welsh flag (white green red dragon) is the one that is universally accepted as being the flag of Wales.

I have top agree that in Rugby it is always the national flag, but England for some odd reason has always seen the union flag as their flag, but NOW that has changed, and English people are PROUD once again to be ENGLISh rather than british!

Oh and for the record, the anti English thing is rugby banter of course. I was at a charity event with Wooden spoon a few years back and bought an English team psoter, put it up on the dartboard, and paid £5 to any non English person who could hit a player in the head with a dart. TEN QUID for an English person who was brave enough to do it.

We should be proud of our heritage, be proud of who we are, and respect who others are. What we shouldn't do is NOT be proud for fear of offending others.

 

[David Griffiths]

here is the odd thing, the TRUE welsh flag is balck with a gold cross on it,

I think that is the cross of St David, rather than a national flag.

However, I do think that it would be appropriate for our national team to adopt it, and of course change the playing kit to black and amber

(Parochial Welsh rugby banter for the confused)

 

[OldWelshGuy]

I think that is the cross of St David, rather than a national flag.

However, I do think that it would be appropriate for our national team to adopt it, and of course change the playing kit to black and amber

(Parochial Welsh rugby banter for the confused)

And maybe change the name to

NEWPORT Wales Dragons

 

[garyk]

Simple solution, if they are offended then that is their problem.

There are other suppliers out there.

Travel the world and see how many big patronage days take place, do they worry about offending? Nope.

There philosophy is simple, if you don't like it, tough. It is who we are so live with it or move on...

Does anyone get considered when they switch on the lights at Melton Road for Eid? Nope.

What about the Carribean Carnival in August.

What about the removal of our Christmas plays from our Primary school? (all examples stated are in Leicester)???

Just three examples of celebrations (or the removal of) that could offend people easily.

But when it comes to an English celebration, we have to tip toe around all the pc brigade and bend over backwards to accommodate everyone else.

Wrong, wrong wrong.



This is not a statement about race, religion or any thing else that may be misinterpreted in today's England, it is a statement about being allowed to celebrate.

Rant over...B.O.T.

Bang on my friend and I think thats part of the reason why St George's day doesn't get the coverage it deserves. Everyone says 'Be patriotic' and 'Proud of your heritage' it seems you can be...as long as you don't wave the st. george's cross.

What tees me off the most is that more of a fuss is made over st patricks than st george's.

Gary

 

[jeungblut]

Everyone should celebrate St. Georges day!

 

[jeungblut]

Having said this our company doesn't celebrate it

 

[Deleted member 138423]

Everyone should celebrate St. Georges day!

I did, in the sunshine, quaffing some most excellent local ales, in good company, in the sunshine

 

[garyk]

I did, in the sunshine, quaffing some most excellent local ales, in good company, in the sunshine

quaffing, just love the sound of that word!

 

[emmylou74]

Every year I hear how the English are not able to celebrate St George's Day because it offends some people. Who are the people that are offended? Because I have never, ever heard of anyone being offended by it!

I do not know anyone that celebrates St Andrews day either, it comes and goes without even a mention. I personally cannot be bothered with these things but if you want to celebrate - go ahead and do it.

 

[businessfunding]

Every year I hear how the English are not able to celebrate St George's Day because it offends some people. Who are the people that are offended? Because I have never, ever heard of anyone being offended by it!

Mostly busy-bodies getting offended on behalf of others...