Happy Friday !


                                                                       

 It was one fine morning in the office when I was checking my emails,that my eyes caught an email invite from my colleague Joe with the title 'Murray’s Bagels on my desk'. The word bagel suddenly made me hungrier and my half empty stomach grumbled as I quickly opened the email to read its contents.  Murray’s Bagels are well known in the New York city for its fresh handmade bagels. It went like this,

'Murray's bagels at my desk, for those of you who know Murray's bakery in Manhattan.
Come fast before they are finished!
Happy Thursday, well almost Friday!

I couldn’t help smiling when I read the last line. It was just the start of the Thursday morning, but the thought of the approaching Friday was already on Joe's mind! There is something undoubtedly magical about working on a Friday. The cheery note in everyone’s voice when wishing ‘happy Friday’ to each other is unmistakable. It is the phrase which brings instant bouts of joy to all tired souls slogging all the way through the long week.

The much awaited Friday of every week – the harbinger of the cherished weekend. If the Mondays are dull and quiet then the Fridays are definitely cheerful and bright. If there is any day of the week which is even more special than the weekend then it is the Friday.


There are happy hours drinks everywhere and the mood on the Subway is merrier than being solemn and quiet.

It is not uncommon to have elaborate team lunches planned on Friday afternoons. The harmless goof ups or glitches at work are sometimes brushed off with clichés likes ‘Oh common, it’s a Friday!”

It is almost a sin to ask someone to work late on a Friday evening. And as it should be obvious to the reader by now, there could be no greater tragedy to befall on a worker who has to sit late to complete his work on a Friday evening.

And if at all the Friday of the week gets clubbed with a public holiday on the following week's Monday, then it seems like a divine bonus.

But Alas! Time waits for nobody and the weekend flies past with the blink of an eye. In no time the Monday blues start to sink in. Work piles up and the office humdrum begins. The wait to see the Friday of the week snowballs with each passing day. But surely it won’t be long enough before we wish each other a cheery 'HAPPY FRIDAY!’.






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