capitalism *is* fun :-)

Dan informed me that 28.57% of the days in a week, are weekend days. Ever wondered why the weekend has 2 days? Why not 1? Or 3, or 1 and a half … or 4 days?
The fact that the weekend has 2 days is not an arbitrary fact. It has been precisely calculated. Let me tell you why.

Ever noticed how Saturday is different from Sunday? You get to see this entire rush on Saturday. You have stay in line almost everywhere. At the gas-station, at the carwash, at the mall, etc. But not on Sunday. 2 days is the maximum amount you need for exactly 2 purposes:
1. (Saturday) - go out and spend whatever amount of money you can, and you haven’t spent it during the week. Noticed that almost nobody is relaxing on Saturday?
2. (Sunday) - for rest. If people don’t rest, they are unable to work. And we can’t have that … can’t we?
Those are the exact reasons why the weekend has 2 days.

To let you in on some more info, have you ever noticed that all important price hikes are made during the week, and never in the weekend? Take gas prices for example. They are raised during the week. You assimilate that information but you don’t have much time to think it over, because you are probably late for work, while reading that news. By the time you get to fill up your car (in the weekend probably), you already know this and it’s not a shock when you see the price at the pump.

Perhaps it’s the fun of working 7 days in a week, is that you don’t have any weekends and have the opportunity to make the above mentioned observations.

Enjoy your week