Story of leave with August 18: Some are on vacation, some still work

Jakarta – On August 18, 2025, leave different stories from the public. There are those who choose to vacation with the family, there are also those who must continue to go through work routines. The government summarized on Monday (8/18/2025), and the government drew up as a joint leave after the 80th anniversary of the Republic of Indonesia on 18 August 2025. This joint leave is widely used by residents to vacation in a number of tourist attractions. Browse to continue with the content, one of the visitors, Inah, 42, a resident of Kedoya, West Jakarta, who came to TMII with a relative of 10 people. Inah acknowledged that the joint venture rented an angkot for RP. 300 thousand to commute to TMII. “The rental of public transport is (joint venture). Yes, all this family, crowded, our brothers, (public transport) are full, RP. 300 thousand return, which is already subscribed,” Inah said. He acknowledged that he was deliberately to TMII to invite children to vacation while learning. The hope, his child can explain when he attends the teachers during the holiday season. “Children want to see museums, a mini portrait of Indonesia, so children know the traditional homes so they can tell stories at school when asked during the holidays,” Inah said. Holiday in the old city chose Jani, 32, a resident of Bekasi, to take a holiday to the old city, West Jakarta. Jani acknowledged that it was the first time to come to the old city with his family. “Usually when the holidays always go to the mall or eatery, but because the kids are long vacations and the weather is not very hot, we finally try to play here. It seems very exciting, crowded and many photos,” Jani said when he met in the old city, Monday (18/8). “Just now (to the old city), also because I got a long vacation. It appears that the place was very iconic, the building was still sturdy, ‘he continued. According to him, the old city has a more distinctive and iconic atmosphere with old buildings. He claims to have long been riding over countless bikes that are regularly seen on social media. “I really want to ride around county bikes, I thought from the first time to go to the old city to hire countless with children,” he said. Ragunan also became a holiday destination in Ragunan Wildlife Park on August 18, 2025. Photo: Devi/Detikcom, one of the residents of Depok, Lita, 35, invited her two children to take a short vacation in Ragunan. According to him, Ragunan has become a cheap and affordable tourist destination. Ragunan access ticket prices are IDR 4,000 for adults and IDR 3,000 for children. “Oh yeah, it’s a school holiday again, so I invited the child here. By the way, his father is just to Pontianak to entertain, so he didn’t cry,” Lita said. Lita also deliberately invited her child not to be sad when her father worked out of the city. He admitted that after delivering her husband, Ragunan immediately entertained the child. “Ragunan is also cheap, near the house. So we come to Setta Airport here (Ragunan),” he added. There are those who still have to work differently than several other residents, some must keep working when they go along. One of them, Syifa, a worker in the field of retail in South Jakarta. Syifa claims to be used to going to work on vacation. He said his office always did not apply a holiday for the date of joint leave. “If I feel like I’m feeling ordinary, because my office is always not from time, nor does the annual leave reduce, so yes, it is really just normally entered,” Syifa told reporters on Monday (8/18). Syifa said joint leave such as going normally in her office. According to him, turnover will decrease if the office has to close at the moment of joint leave. “In my Bidangku, retail, I also think if the store is at times like this, unfortunately, we also have to turn in, we who definitely at the head office should definitely put the store into operation,” he said. Even though he was used to it, Syifa was actually tempted to stay relaxing because he saw other friends who were gone. He also wants to be goleran (Sundanese) or in Indonesian sleep by the way as the other if he enjoys time. “Nevertheless, I wake up to see that other people are not going to work, so they are tempted too,” he said. Meanwhile, other workers in the East Jakarta area, Julia, chose to keep working, although they could leave. According to him, the work with a handful of people with a quiet and quiet atmosphere in the office brought his own pleasure. “I can only take time today, but I choose to leave my team. There is a pleasure if you go with my friends in the room, of which my team and my team are, it’s quiet,” Julia said. Julia prefers not to work from home today (WFH). He said that a number of companies that became his clients came to work at work today. “Then we have to enter into the field of logistics and I have part of the service, because if the package is piled up, even 1 day will be able to make a backlog. Customers will also wait for the package, if the team is on the road without a customer service team, they do not have a bridge to communicate the barriers to the sender,” Julia said. “In addition, there are still companies that work normally and not rare that they call us to ask the position of their package where,” he added. Although the temporary work is still ungrateful, Windi, a worker in the South Jakarta area, claimed that he had no choice but to work at this joint leave. Windi said the terms in his office still entered a joint leave. “It’s also normal to go in when you leave together, my office does indeed come in when you leave together, but it’s not going full, just half a day is the score,” Windi told reporters on Monday (8/18). Windi acknowledged that he had to continue to follow the office rules to make a living. He was grateful that he still had a job, despite the fact that he had to work when he was along. “Actually, I’m also tired, but still grateful that I can work, it’s not easy to find work right now, it’s hard to get a job here and there. Other workers, Areya must also come to work during joint leave. However, he said his office imposed a replacement holiday when he entered a joint leave. ” It’s good to go in, my office has a system of changing vacations. So I can change because I stepped in today, ”Areya said. (AMW/AMW)