Tuesday Difficulties
If you were to number the days of the week, 1 - 7, what number would Tuesday be? Would it be 2? It would be in my head. And oddly enough, that leads to a lot of calendar errors for Tuesday events. Check out my haircut for the upcoming week:
My haircut was scheduled for Tuesday at 11:30, yet I put it on Monday. So, a month later, I’m shocked that I scheduled something during a hectic presentation day, and have to call the salon to reschedule, just to be told, “Well, your stylist doesn’t work on Mondays… so it’s probably a Tuesday appointment.”
Why does this happen? I think it’s because I associate Tuesday with the number 2 - and Monday is 2 from the left on my calendar. It never happens to Monday events - an event all the way to the left is clearly on Sunday. It also never happens for Wednesday events, because Wednesday falls exactly in the middle. I also use Wednesday as a reference point for Thursday and Friday.
It seems like a problem unique to Tuesday events - and this isn’t the first time it’s happened. Maybe I’m just not paying close enough attention, but thinking back, I’m not sure what else would have been distracting me at the time. How very strange.
It’s a problem caused by wacky calendar people putting Sunday at the beginning of the week instead of the end. Maybe they’re trying to avoid the confusion of having two days that start with S next to each other, but I’ve never heard of anyone getting confused about which weekend day comes first.
Comment by Meghan — May 11, 2006 @ 2:03 pm