As we embark on this "Terrific" Thursday I find myself, yet again wishing today was the last day in my work week. We all experience it, the Thursday slump. The morning wake-up with excitement because we have been so busy in a week that we assume it is Friday. Then that one co-worker that you already have trouble tolerating decides to wish you a “Happy Thursday”. That’s when your world comes crashing down; Hell freezes over, babies start projectile vomiting and that demon from the Exorcist starts speaking in tongues all to the sound they used to make when you landed on a Whammy! Then you realize he/she is right, there is one more day in this week and its tomorrow. I don’t care that it’s casual Friday; I want causal Thursday!
Thursday is just another day where I have to pick out something pseudo professional to wear. Another day I have to buy lunch. Another day I have to think intelligent thoughts and hold productive conversation. But Thursday is the ultimate tease (much like the title of this blog)!!! It provokes you to feel like there is light at the end of the tunnel but then hits you over the head with a flashlight. It’s hurtful and demeaning the way it makes you believe your week is over but it really isn’t.
I'm a supporter of the 4-day work week. I mean do we really need 5 entire days to have meetings and create products. I might be more efficient if I thought I only had 4 days a week to accomplish my goals. I would happily switch to a 10 hour day to make this happen. Think about the benefits:
• More time to avoid spending time with family
• Saving money on commuting to and from work ( gas is over $3 a gallon don’t play )
• Saving money on energy costs (because I am not in my office with every light on)
• More productive and happier employees overall (i.e. less company time bad-mouthing your office on facebook and twitter)
• Extra day of antics that can make for juicy water-cooler talk (what is work without judging your slutty coworkers?)
I am not saying all businesses should do this (this means you retailers and banks), because I still want to shop and have access to my money while I am not at work. However, many business and organizations (specifically my employer) should definitely make it happen. I am tired of using leave to run errands during my work day. I am over fighting the urge to sleep in on Fridays. I am hostile at my absentee boss and extreme anti-social coworkers (this applied to my previous job). I Love my new office (most of the time); girl scouts honor!
I just want my weekends to be 3 days long. Thursday happy hour needs a new purpose; it should be to celebrate the end of a tumultuous week. I want to use my Fridays for DVR catch up and lying around on my couch. Fridays should now be reserved for standing in security lines at the airport (on my way to Fiji) and weddings (I hate losing an entire Saturday night because you want to get married at 3:30pm)! Fridays should be for driving SUVs, watching baseball and grilling in the summertime, it’s the American way.
So much more can be accomplished in my life if I had every Friday off. Don’t get me wrong I have no plans to use my Friday off for the greater good (that’s what Sunday is for). But I am sure some people will and we should at least consider it for those do-gooders out in the world. They need our support!
If this petition doesn’t work; which I suspect it won’t then somebody needs to build a pullout bed and a full service bar in my office! I need amenities at work to make it through…
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