For all of my many, many, years of working I have never been on a normal work week, the standard Monday through Friday. 

My days off were in the beginning of the week, the middle of the week, close to the end of the week but never on the “weekend”.  

Everything is based on the “weekend”.  The weather people (for the few times they are accurate) gear the week of forecasts for the weekend. 

 “The weather is looking good for Wednesday, but wait to you see what is coming up for the weekend”.  

“The weekend is going to be great so get outside and enjoy yourself.”  

“A nor-easter is headed our way for the beginning of the week into the middle of the week, but it all looks clear for the weekend.”  

EXCUSE ME, THAT WAS MY WEEKEND AND IT WAS NOT CLEAR!

The Boston Globe, the Boston Herald, yes they do it too.  The papers on Thursday have “plan your weekend” and “fun things to do on the weekend” guides, excuse me I already had my weekend, you missed it and I had nothing to do, thanks anyway. 

The Sunday paper had to be read on Tuesday… so does that make the Sunday paper the Tuesday paper or the Tuesday paper the Sunday paper?

New movies come out on a Friday, just in time for the “weekend”. The retail sales start on the weekend so by the time I got to the store the sale items were sold out or no longer on sale, thanks again.  

Date nights are Friday and Saturday… are there really options for drinks on Tuesday?

I call foul.

I call unfair.

I call just not right.

It is time to change the way we think about the weekend. 

I speak for the millions (technically I only speak for myself but I bet if I polled millions they just might agree) of shift workers, airline workers, utility workers, data centre workers, taxi drivers, restaurant staff, hotel staff, bakers, animal care workers, police, fire, first responders, hospital staff and all my correction officer peeps that have no weekend days off and will never see a piece of the promised land. It’s time for a change. Enough is enough!

Signed,

Hump Day Hopefuls!