Monday-ne

I think it is pretty much universally agreed that Monday sucks. Sucks so bad,
in fact, that it has been the subject of stories and legend. Of course this
feeling stems from Monday being the first day back from the freedom of the
weekend. It is the day that reality slaps us in the face and we realize that the
languishing in La-Z-Boy with beer in hand is at an end and now it's back to the
swivel chair and the bad workplace coffee.

Does Monday deserve this treatment? Were Monday added to the
weekend, Tuesday would become the target of all that animosity and even more
because, greedy things that we are, we would resent even more the ending of a
three-day weekend. The weekend used to consist only of Sunday. In
fact, when the Santa Fe Railroad suggested
that Saturday become an additional day of rest, not only did some employees
laugh at the idea, some actually became enraged thinking the company was
"up to something." You can bet those stalwart pioneers were glad to
see Monday roll around again. I mean, after all, there was no cable or malls
back then. What else was there to do?

On the other end of the spectrum there is Friday. Everybody loves Friday
simply because it is the enticing prelude to the weekend. It's not like Friday
is better than any other day. Bad things happen on Friday like, well, Black
Friday. However our daily prejudices won't allow us to see this. Monday is bad
and Friday is good and all just because of which side of Saturday and Sunday
they happen to be on.

Monday can be good. You can get out of a meeting early and find yourself with
two unexpected hours to waste on a sunny afternoon.