The maker of Heinz ketchup has proposed making the Monday after the Super Bowl a national holiday. Altruistic though it may seem, the company is almost certainly hoping that the campaign will inspire football fans to bring on the post-game food comas with the help of its stable of products.
Aiming to appeal to people’s sense of both productivity and patriotism, Heinz cited a statistic that more than 16 million people call in sick or simply don’t go to the work the day after the Super Bowl, leading to an annual loss of $1 billion.
Kind of goes without saying that the Monday following the Super Bowl is the most called-out day in the United States. Whether or not your favorite team is participating in the big ole game, no one wants to drag their asses to the office after quaffing pizza rolls and Timmy's girlfriends world famous buffalo chicken dip. By the way, is there a more overrated and cliche food to bring to a football game than buffalo chicken dip. I feel like no one eats the dip, but rather argue as to who's is better, cheesier, thicker, whatever. Bottomline, it's sent me straight to the toilet on numerous, painful occasions and I have since learned to stay away from the stuff.
Nevertheless, Heinz's effort to make "Smunday" (stupid ass name) a national holiday is a solid idea and it got me thinking about other days I enjoy calling out of work for. Those who know me know I'm no stranger to taking an old fashioned mental health day (or 20), but I can't help but think of a handful of days where I have zero motivation, which isn't saying much in comparison to other days.
First day that comes to mind is the day after Thanksgiving. If you're lucky enough to already have that day off then congratulations to you. I've been fortunate to work for companies' who offer black Friday as a paid holiday and couldn't imagine having to stare at a computer all day with half a blueberry pie still in my stomach...I'd much rather do that at home while watching Home Improvement reruns.
Next day that comes to mind is any Friday during the summer. Yes I know what you're thinking: "hey Brian, you can't call out sick every Friday in the summer!" You wanna bet?
Third date which brings zero motivation and desire to sit in an office is the 5th of July, or 6th of July if the 4th falls on a weekend... Make sense? Again, if you get lucky and the 4th falls on a weekend chances are you'd have the 5th off already, then that leaves the 6th of July. Hell that whole week should be paid time off. It's only American.
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