TGiF!
Okay, so it’s Saturday evening, TGiF was yesterday. I found myself wishing two people “TGiF” yesterday.
It’s such an old term, dating back to the 70s, but such a popular term back then, there was even a movie and a song in its name! Not the acronym, but its full name – “Thank God it’s Friday”.
Oh gosh, I just googled for info on the movie and found that Donna Summer was in it, acting as a singer trying to make it. In the film she tries to get to the D.J. to let her sing her song on stage. The song she said, “Last Dance”, went on to win the Oscar for Best Song for the year 1978. Wow …
Yes, Thank God it’s Friday was a disco movie.
But I digress …
I found myself thinking you can only say TGiF if you work a five-day week. As for me, yeah, I work a five-day week. But it wasn’t always this way.
Where I work now, we used to work five and a half days. A few years back, when the Government implemented the first Saturday off for Goverment workers, my company not only followed (even though we’re NOT a Government department), it added the third Saturday off, too. For many of my colleagues who’d been with the company for many years, it would be the first time they’d be getting time off on Saturdays. I remember seeing some of them take note of the dates for the days off, to make sure they didn’t get it wrong and come in when they shouldn’t, or not come in when they should.
Then, a couple of years ago (or was it three?), the company granted us all Saturdays off, making us a five-day week company. Oo …
So now I can say TGiF, altho I usually don’t.
Meanwhile, back on the work-front, I’ve heard colleagues comment that the five-day work week actually makes for a shorter week, or rather makes the week go by faster. Monday … Wednesday … Friday already!
TGiF? Maybe not …
