A postdoc pal and I recently had a chat that must've ranked high on World's Mootest Discussions.
Both of us work regular hours during the week (say 8-6 ish), plus 5-10 hours on Saturday or Sunday.
What we were debating was, Saturday or Sunday?
I thought it was self-evident that one should work on Saturday, ideally from 9-3 or so, to get it out of the way so you can relax on Saturday night and all day Sunday. That's what Dr. Hyde and I do.
My friend was appalled. Sunday is the work day, she insisted. In her version, this is because during the lovely holiday of Saturday, you can at least entertain the possibility that you won't work on Sunday, thereby temporarily fostering the illusion of a two-day weekend (before of course crushing that dream by heading to work Sunday a.m.) If she were to work on Saturday, her entire Sunday would be clouded by the thought of work the next day.
In other words, yes, we had a 15-minute argument about whether it was better to work 6 days out of 7 or....a different 6 days out of 7.
When I later relayed this all to Dr. Hyde, his contribution was, "She's stupid. If you work on Sunday, then you can't drink on Saturday night." [thoughtful pause] "'Course, the way we do it, we can't drink Friday night."
At least not Czech beer.
15 years ago
3 comments:
I am more a 'work on sunday' person myself... not sure why. Maybe because Saturday leaves more option for doing non-work related things, even if they are not leisure per se, like shopping. And I guess saturday is still the heart of the weekend, whereas sunday is just before monday? In any case, as you say, it's 6 out of 7 both ways...
I'm more a work on Saturday person so that I can relax on Sunday. I dislike more than 4 hours on either day though.
I don't get to make this decision. My mice and cells do. I am merely their humble servant, at their beck and call. :-)
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