By YOURI KEMP
Tribune Business Reporter
ykemp@tribunemedia.net
BAHAMIAN businesses yesterday said they are taking the January 10 Majority Rule holiday in their stride despite losing another day of commercial activity so close to the Christmas festivities.
Lana Lee-Brogdon, president of New Oriental Cleaners, told Tribune Business that for “fluidity purposes” it would have been better if Majority Rule Day was celebrated on Monday, January 9, thus creating a long weekend and avoiding any disruption caused by breaking the working week into two.
Confirming that the company has scheduled the Majority Rule holiday as a day off for staff, she added: “Either way it takes a day away from our business, so it really doesn’t matter now. But, yeah, I would love to have it on the Monday.
“It’s just odd when you have these random holidays; like some change and some don’t. We’ve already scheduled with it on the Tuesday, so it’s neither here nor there for me really now.”
Dwayne Higgs, WHIM Automotive’s general manager, said: “It doesn’t really matter what day it is in the week, it will still be a day off for my business. The placement of it really wouldn’t matter for us. It’s close to the end of year holidays, but you don’t have anything else until Easter, so we just take it in stride and just keep going.”
Peter Bridgewater, Open Systems Technologies’ president, said the holiday is due to the Bahamian people. “I don’t have a complaint about the day,” he added.
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