Happy Labor Day. Here's a funny story from my FIRST labor day in America. Year is 1997. My first year working for J M Perrone Company. People are taking turn educating me about Labor day and I am hearing conflicting stories. So I walk up to the general manager and I asked him if labor day was a holiday. "No, We work VERY HARD on the labor day." says the GM. So, on labor day I show up for work... I am the only one in the parking lot. :-) Fast forward a few months, I ask if the Patriots Day (Boston Marathon Day) was a holiday, everyone told me NO it was not a holiday. I watch news, I read newspaper and I am convinced that it is a holiday, it is yet another prank and I am not falling for this again. I was the ONLY guy who did not show up for work that day.