Did You Ever Hear Don't Buy Anything Made On A Monday or Friday?

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Did you ever hear the expression never buy anything made on Monday of Friday? Do you have critical services performed on a Monday or Friday like car repairs or medical procedures. How much work actually gets done on a Monday or Friday? How much time is spent on catch up chit chat about what you did over the week or what you will do next weekend?

It's been my experience in working most companies with a Mon to Fri schedule that most employees do not want to work on Friday or Monday. Especially after lunch on a Friday. I've been chastised for having the gall to work hard/normal after lunch on Friday. People might not go take a nap or go to a bar but the gaming the system goes into full swing on Monday and Friday especially.

Along with laziness comes attitude on Mondays. It's been my experience many car repair shops tends to produce higher bills earlier in the week. Contractor repairs on the house on Friday afternoon I noticed tend to be higher in many cases. Attitude also shows up Friday because if an employee must actually work they rush and try to get it done as fast and/or anyway they can.

Also another thing that always puzzled me is that people being paid overtime to work after five or on weekend complain and whine the whole time-I'm not doing squat, this stinks cry sniff... If nothing else overtime should be the most productive time of the work week because if you are being paid overtime that means there is something that has to be done.

I understand most work to live and not live to work but most also consider themselves honorable so why not honor the contract of pay for work.
 

I have always worked on Saturdays, no overtime, and Sundays, some extra money; days of the week made no difference; and a day off during the week was often better; less crowded, and easier to see doctors, dentists etc: so I don't necessarily agree with your premise.
the people I worked with felt the same.
 
I've heard in the motor industry if you buy a new car that was finished on a Friday you'll have problems as the workforce want to finish early for the weekend and cut corners. I had one of those cars, it was a new Volkswagen Polo, they always had a good reputation but that car had something wrong with it from the start! I got rid of it as fast as I could!
 

I've heard of that expression too, and have noticed in the workplace bad attitudes on Mondays, and no concentration on Fridays. I worked a lot of overtime at my job, but it was usually voluntary and I had the same work ethic that I did on straight time, I'm hired to do a service for the company, and I took pride in my work and wasn't a slacker.
 
Vivjen said:
I have always worked on Saturdays, no overtime, and Sundays, some extra money; days of the week made no difference; and a day off during the week was often better; less crowded, and easier to see doctors, dentists etc: so I don't necessarily agree with your premise.
the people I worked with felt the same.
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See you worked on weekends with no overtime as have I. It's the people that want to have or only had the Monday to Friday 9-5 work experience is where much attitude lies. I agree working weekends with days off during the week for errands/business is great. But there are many with a comfort zone much smaller than their 9-5 Mon-Fri schedule. I understand the need for routine but I also understand the need for a paycheck or the nature/schedule of particular job. Many 9-5ers are only worried about their routine, it might not even be a matter of need.
 
I heard this a long time ago and then it referred to the
car manufacturing industry, before they all had Robots
to build them.

Over here they have "Dress Down Friday", where mainly
office workers go to work in jeans or other casual clothes.

Mike.
 
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The robot union isn't going to be too happy about this ...

I've heard the Monday/Friday warning as well. Like many such stories I think it's apocryphal - of dubious truth. People will seize upon any bad experience on those days and repeat the stories, but all the good things that happen will be forgotten.

That being said, part of what might make this story true is the declining motivation and work ethic of America. You're getting the "What can you do for ME?" crowd taking over more and more jobs as the good-work-ethic folks die off, so you're bound to see more of this slacker attitude and its associated poor quality results.
 

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