History Main / HatingOnMonday

* In one ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'' holiday special, Grif joins every religion in an attempt to get more days off. This includes six days of rest per week except for Monday. Grif takes that to mean it "sucks universally."

* The sentiment is mocked by street artist Banksy [[http://40.media.tumblr.com/e8c5a56a74fd72f7ed96414b0c16f417/tumblr_myu9nix6ME1r4no8do1_1280.jpg here]]. The dull and dreaded beginning of the work week (and that hatred's commercialization) [[FirstWorldProblems has nothing on]] people whose lives are dreadful every other day.

** He also hates February specifically -- he refers to it as the Monday of months. Much like how Monday is listed as the second day of the week on most calendars, February is the second month of the year in the Gregorian dating system.

* Deconstructed by street artist Banksy [[http://40.media.tumblr.com/e8c5a56a74fd72f7ed96414b0c16f417/tumblr_myu9nix6ME1r4no8do1_1280.jpg here]].

** He also hates February specifically -- he refers to it as the Monday of months.

* ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'' hates Mondays, and it's little wonder since nothing ever seems to go right for him on that day.
** For example, Garfield wakes up on a "beautiful Monday morning" with clear skies and no rain in sight -- [[https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/1984/10/15 except over one house in the suburbs]], resulting in him getting rained on.
** He also seems to hate certain months, too, such as February.
** Oh yes, and he ''especially'' hates Monday the 13th. '''''Especially''''' if that Monday the 13th falls on a February.
** Averted [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness earlier in the comic run]], [[http://i.imgur.com/FmZJMSi.gif where Garfield actually loves Mondays.]]
** His creator [[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nell-minow/jim-davis-explains-why-ga_b_6094892.html later explained]] that while as a cat Garfield doesn't work or study, Mondays are a reminder "that his life is the same old, [[GroundhogDayLoop same old cycling again]]". Thus he hates them and the universe takes Mondays to deliver some LaserGuidedKarma.

* Music/TheCure has "Friday I'm in Love", with little love for the other days.

* Retail workers usually hate ''weekends'' in particular:

** For hotel workers, the weekend is when room rates are at their lowest, which consequently means the more unsavory kinds of customers may show up. During the weekdays when rates are higher (often two- or threefold compared to the weekend rates), most people coming to hotels are there on business[[note]]Hence the higher rates during the weekdays; business travellers are usually at hotels on their companies' dimes, and companies will gladly shell out hundreds of dollars to house an employee for one night, while those who are at hotels for leisure will wait until the weekend when there are fewer business travellers and therefore hotels need to sell at lower rates to get more heads in beds.[[/note]] rather than to party, do the naughty, or have little staycations. If you read a story about a hotel worker's bad or weird experience, expect it to fall on a Friday or Saturday.

** For hotel workers, the weekend is when room rates are at their lowest, which consequently means the more unsavory kinds of customers may show up. During the weekdays when rates are higher (often two- or threefold compared to the weekend rates), most people coming to hotels are there on business[[note]]Hence the higher rates during the weekdays; business travellers are usually at hotels on their companies' dimes, and companies will gladly shell out hundreds of dollars to house an employee for one night, while those who are at hotels for leisure will wait until the weekend when there are fewer business travellers and therefore hotels need to sell at lower rates to meet occupancy targets.[[/note]] rather than to party, do the naughty, or have little staycations. If you read a story about a hotel worker's bad or weird experience, expect it to fall on a Friday or Saturday.

** For hotel workers, the weekend is when room rates are at their lowest, which consequently means the more unsavory kinds of customers may show up. During the weekdays when rates are higher (often two- or threefold compared to the weekend rates), most people coming to hotels are there on business[[note]]Hence the higher rates during the weekdays; business travellers are usually at hotels on their companies' dimes, and companies will gladly shell out hundreds of dollars to house an employee for one night, while those who are at hotels for leisure will wait until the rates are cheaper.[[/note]] rather than to party, do the naughty, or have little staycations. If you read a story about a hotel worker's bad or weird experience, expect it to fall on a Friday or Saturday.

** For hotel workers, the weekend is when room rates are at their lowest, which consequently means the more unsavory kinds of customers may show up. During the weekdays when rates are higher (often two- or threefold compared to the weekend rates), most people coming to hotels are there on business rather than to party, do the naughty, or have little staycations. If you read a story about a hotel worker's bad or weird experience, expect it to fall on a Friday or Saturday.

** For hotel workers, the weekend is when room rates are at their lowest, which consequently means the more unsavory kinds of customers may show up. During the weekdays when rates are higher (often two- or threefold compared to the weekend rates), most people coming to hotels are there on business rather than to party, do the naughty, or have little staycations. If you read a story about a hotel worker's bad experience, expect it to fall on a Friday or Saturday.

* Retail workers usually hate ''Saturday and Sunday'' in particular:

** For hotel workers, the weekend is when room rates are at their lowest, which consequently means the more unsavory kinds of customers may show up. During the weekdays when rates are higher (often two- or threefold compared to the weekend rates), most people coming to hotels are there on business rather than to party, do the naughty, or have little staycations.

* Retail workers usually hate ''Saturday and Sunday'' in particular, due to the increased activity and thus volume of stressful customer interactions as a result of people with traditional Monday-Friday jobs being off on those days and thus getting the chance to get shopping done. For people working in such industries, Monday is perhaps one of the ''least'' stressful days of the week to work.

* Retail workers usually hate ''Saturday and Sunday'' in particular, due to the increased activity as a result of people with traditional Monday-Friday jobs being off on those days and thus getting the chance to get shopping done. For people working in such industries, Monday is perhaps one of the ''least'' stressful days of the week to work.

As suggested by the trope name, Monday is one of, if not ''the most'' hated-on days, perhaps because it's the day that many people go back to work/school after the weekend, which not many people look forward to the ending of. Of course, this isn't universal, as some people work in facilities that have a different weekly business schedule (such as Wednesday through Sunday), or are open 7 days a week and therefore the days one has off may be different than the usual Saturday and Sunday, or even have inconsistent days off.

As suggested by the trope name, Monday is one of, if not ''the most'' hated-on days, perhaps because it's the day that many people go back to work/school after the weekend, which not many people look forward to the ending of.

* At one point in ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek2}}'', Puss in Boots somewhat randomly moans that he hates Mondays, likely a reference to [[ComicStrip/{{Garfield}} a certain other orange cat...']]