Eight Days A Week – just log in, register and enjoy

The old journalistic saying is “I only work on days that end in the letter Y”.

Some Government officials have a different slant on this. A recent attempt by the Department of Justice to arrange an inter-Government Departmental meeting to prepare for the 16 Days of Activism Against Violence Against Women and Children campaign, was scuppered when most officials did not show up.
See, the organisers had the temerity to arrange the meeting on the last Friday of the month, which they were told, is the day that these guys just take off.

So, if you want to commit some kind of violent act, do it on the last Friday of the month. Chances are you won’t be caught – the boys in blue may be around though if they are not sorting out a party in Coronation Park that is.
It is a bit like the municipality which also just shuts down during working hours for a union meeting. Let’s hope Hurricane Sifiso does not hit Endumeni during one of those sessions as there will be no one around to rescue the town when it gets washed down the Steenkoolspruit.

These days everyone is so busy (discounting some who are obviously not) that a call has been made for an eight-day week. In the old days, workers wanted a five-day week. Then the recession came and workers went on short-time which meant a four-day week.
With the advent of the Internet, WiFi and the dreaded social media, people are no longer bound to traditional office hours. You can work from home, the pub, the braai, from Coronation Park and even from outside the Magistrate’s Court on Friday evenings.

But still, there are not enough hours in the week to do everything. I mean, when is a guy supposed to watch Bafana or the Boks nearly win? So, how will the eight-day week work? The beauty of it is that every person will have the liberty to log in to a site called eightdayweek.com, complete the usual details and then choose your day. You see, this day will only exist in the users’ life.

You could choose a day between Friday and Saturday or perhaps between Sunday and Monday. No one will disturb you on this special day. There will be no calls, no meetings – just a chance to do all the stuff you never get to do because of all the interruptions. It will be bliss. No shops will be open though, so stock up beforehand if you need to eat.

Once that day ends, reality will step in and the next real day will start. No one else will know when your eighth day is. And everyone will have one. That means everyone will be able to do their work quicker and service delivery greatly speeded up. Of course, you won’t be able to hold meetings on that eighth day (which will be a bargain) but imagine just how much you will get done? The only drawback is there will be no TV (another bargain) or radio on those days.

Just a day for you.