That Monday / Friday Feeling ...

[andy-hughes]

Following on from AOG's thread - why do we British (and it does seem to be only us!) have the 'Monday / Friday' Feeling?

As far as I can tell, we British are unique in treating the working week as some form of purgatory that has to be endured and suffered in order to 'earn' a weekend off, which we then spend moaning because it is all over too quickly!

This manifests itself in people moaning because "It's Monday ..." and suffering until Thursday or Friday, when the phrase becomes "Better now it's Friday ..." before the pre-week grump about work which ruins Sundays.

I feel as though I am unique because i do not, and never have felt this way.

I know i am lucky to have a job I enjoy - but it has not always been the case, but even so, i have never seen work as an ordeal to got through, and the weekend as a meagre reward for all that 'suffering'.

I feel the same on a Monday as i do on Friday, and every day of the week - fine, and i enjoy my weekends, and never think about work on Monday.

So why do we whinge about our working week when other nations do not appear to think like this?

Do we all just love moaning? Is it a habit passed down through generations, adopted without thought?

Does anyone else feel the odd one out because they don't moan?

Your thughts please ...

[jno]

the French are busy demonstrating over having their working hours raised to 21 a week (or thereabouts) so I don't suppose they are too enamoured of the dignity of labour either.

That said, they don't moan, they just take to the barricades.

[LoftyLottie]

Actually Andy the one day of the week I have never liked is Sunday. Now I am retired it should make no difference I suppose, except I still don't much like Sundays.

[China Doll]

I hate sundays too.

[society]

Andy, I believe this Monday / Friday feeling you speak about is an international thing, well the western world for the most part.

[Sqad]

Retired now , but when I was working, just loved every minute, every day, every year until I retired. However, there was occasionally some miserable whingeing "git" that would try and upset me, but on the whole, each day was the same, bringing something different.
I hated Sundays as a kid, but worked on a Sunday throughout my working life.

Wife and the family took second place to my job, I have NEVER regretted that fact and would do the same again.

[Dris]

I think you nailed it Andy when you said you had a job you enjoyed -it does help.
Strangely im not a Sunday person either -must be the dullest most boring day of the week.

[Sqad]

Ooops! sorry....I lied, doing two years GP to earn some cash....that was truly boring.

[Dris]

lol Butch

[mccfluff]

i like sundays, i just chill and watch dvd's and read. i do hate mondays it's being woken by an alarm that i hate. the jobs ok, far better now i'm busy again. today i'm especially grumpy as i'm tired

[Sqad]

Butch....you won´t understand this but here goes:

Something can be regularly irregular or irregularly irregular...but they are both irregular i.e the same.

[mccfluff]

lol i actually understand that!

[Mamyalynne]

I am regularly regular!

[society]

How could 'irregular' be regular and the same, at the same time?

[Mamyalynne]

Oops sorry wrong topic.

[Sqad]

society....read my post again.

[society]

Sqady, you trying to confuse the already confused?