New Study Proves the Obvious: Mondays Stink

By on August 1, 2011 in Uncategorized

You're not alone if you simply can’t get into the work routine post-weekend.

A new study from the folks that make Marmite proves what many of us in the 9-to-5 world already know: Mondays are awful. The study showed things are so bad on Monday that the average person won’t even crack a smile until 11:16am. That truly is a bad day if you’re not smiling until nearly lunchtime.

The Monday blues are so debilitating, half the people will show up late (just blame traffic) to work and those between the ages of 45-to-54 years-old will moan for 12 minutes. Though I don’t yet fall into that age group, I do find myself in a state of agony anytime I am woken up by the alarm clock. It could be bad sleep rhythms (this site is supposed to help), but I chalk it up to not being a morning person.

Despite being sponsored by the makers of Marmite (a “sticky, dark brown paste with a distinctive, powerful flavor,” for those that don’t know), the top five ways for busting out of the Monday slump amazingly don’t include eating Marmite. The Monday blues busters are: watching TV, sex (not a recommended at-work activity), online shopping, buying chocolate or make-up, and planning a vacation.

If they had published one more, the sixth option would have been reading this blog.

Happy Monday!

Jason Meserve

About Jason Meserve

Jason Meserve has been working in high-tech for nearly 15 years. He built his tech resume in the 10 years he spent as a journalist at Network World, where he created everything from articles, features, blogs, videos and podcasts. Mr. Meserve is currently a Sr. Product Marketing Manager for the Service Assurance Customer Solutions Group where he focuses on Application Performance Management. Mr. Meserve has also held marketing and editorial positions at Constant Contact and Application Development Trends.
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