Early weekend

[caddyman]

Days off are always good, even if there's nothing much planned for them.

I never quite know which I prefer: a Friday as today, a Monday or a midweek day. There are fine gradations of pleasure to be had from them all. A Friday off, for example, means that the weekend arrives 24 hours early and when it's over the weekend is still to come. Monday is similar, but obviously reversed: the weekend is over, but... BONUS! Both the Friday and the Monday skive benefit too, from the three-day syndrome, where it just feels a little like a holiday as opposed to simply a day off.

Midweek days off are a slightly different beast. There is the fun to be had the night before when we can stay out late on a school night and follow the excess up with a nice lie in and the joy that is to be garnered from lounging around when all else are at work seems heightened on a midweek day - particularly a Wednesday. That's there on every day off of course, but particularly piquant Tuesday to Thursday inclusive.

Must nip off shortly. I have to pick up a package for Furtle.

Comments

[oldnick.livejournal.com]

I have similar doubts as to my preferences. Friday's I think would win, but for one work issue.

We finish work here at 13:00 on a Friday, after a 5 hour 'day' - the trouble is that it costs a whole day of annual leave to take a Friday off.

The result is that permanent staff (like myself) try to avoid taking Fridays off, as our leave is measured by the day. Monday is considered better value, at eight hours off, for a day's leave,

Contract staff, on the other hand, whose time is measured by the hour prefer to take a Friday off, as they only lose 5 hours pay.

As a result the office is often lacking in contractors on Fridays, and permanent staff on Mondays.

[oldnick.livejournal.com]

It is, but it was the one sticking point when the 13:00 Friday finish was negotiated 15 or so years back. The alternative was to stick with a more balanced 5-day week, with worked Friday afternoons.

[mathcathy]

We have the same - but there's only one hour in it, so it doesn't make all that much of a difference.

I think I prefer weekdays off, it breaks up the week and feels a bit like a mini-weekend in the middle.

[caddyman.livejournal.com]

I could live with finishing at 13.00 every Friday.

I'd grit my teeth and just get on with it.