Do We Adjust Our Work Efforts to the Days of the Week
Do workers adjust their efforts at work to the days of thee week? Wednesday has always been known as "Over the Hump Day." The middle of the week means prepping for the coming weekend. Some interpret it as "halfway done." This article takes a look at the days of the week and the true efforts we put forth on the job.
One of the most satisfying thing a person can do is positively contribute on the job. It could be a major project that we master or it could be as small as emptying a trash can. Work is work. A job is a job. However, after a certain length of time, we become so ingrained in our jobs that we start referring to individual days of the week. We start giving these days names.
I have worked at many different places. Some of the terms that I have heard or "Slow down Friday, Less Anxiety Day for Thursday and Be Productive Monday." Does labeling a day affect our efforts at work?
For some people, Friday seems to stand still. This is because they want to get away for the weekend. I have often heard Tuesday called Twosday. Of course this is reference to the second workday of the week. Catholics sometimes call Friday fishday. Speaking of Friday, it is often called TGIF.
I would think that people that hate their jobs would refer to these day nicknames more frequently. A person that loves his job may or may not use these nicknames.
Many workers use nicknames just to remind them of the weekday. Still others begin to shape their efforts on the particular day.
Here are some more weekday nick names that I have come across.
Monday
Football Hangover Day, MNF day, Manic Monday, Murderous Monday, One day.
Tuesday
Taco day, Take the Hit Day, No Mail Day, Tedious Tuesday, Tired of Work Tuesday, Torturous Tuesday, TNT Tuesday.
Wednesday
Mid week Crisis, Too Much Mail day, When is it time to go home Wednesday, You Wish Wednesday.
Thursday
Thirst Day, Party Planning day, Thrifty Thursday, Turn the Curve Thursday.
Friday
Fried Day, Five O'clock Somewhere, Freaky Friday, Finally Free Friday, Casual Friday.
Please feel free to add your own in the comment section.
One of the most satisfying thing a person can do is positively contribute on the job. It could be a major project that we master or it could be as small as emptying a trash can. Work is work. A job is a job. However, after a certain length of time, we become so ingrained in our jobs that we start referring to individual days of the week. We start giving these days names.
I have worked at many different places. Some of the terms that I have heard or "Slow down Friday, Less Anxiety Day for Thursday and Be Productive Monday." Does labeling a day affect our efforts at work?
For some people, Friday seems to stand still. This is because they want to get away for the weekend. I have often heard Tuesday called Twosday. Of course this is reference to the second workday of the week. Catholics sometimes call Friday fishday. Speaking of Friday, it is often called TGIF.
I would think that people that hate their jobs would refer to these day nicknames more frequently. A person that loves his job may or may not use these nicknames.
Many workers use nicknames just to remind them of the weekday. Still others begin to shape their efforts on the particular day.
Here are some more weekday nick names that I have come across.
Monday
Football Hangover Day, MNF day, Manic Monday, Murderous Monday, One day.
Tuesday
Taco day, Take the Hit Day, No Mail Day, Tedious Tuesday, Tired of Work Tuesday, Torturous Tuesday, TNT Tuesday.
Wednesday
Mid week Crisis, Too Much Mail day, When is it time to go home Wednesday, You Wish Wednesday.
Thursday
Thirst Day, Party Planning day, Thrifty Thursday, Turn the Curve Thursday.
Friday
Fried Day, Five O'clock Somewhere, Freaky Friday, Finally Free Friday, Casual Friday.
Please feel free to add your own in the comment section.
Published by Bill Hanks
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6 Comments
Post a CommentWednesday = Hump Day As in, gotta get over the hump.
Great topic. This was certainly the case when I was a Fed and we worked the 4-5-9 schedule. We did nine-hour days and had one day off every two weeks. The permanent day for most workers was Friday.
Great article!
So true, Football Hangover Day is awesome, lol..... :o)
:-)
Cute article.