To: President Donald Trump, The United States House of Representatives, and The United States Senate
Friday not Monday!
Change designated "observed" days for national holidays like Columbus Day and Presidents Day from Mondays to Fridays, killing off the dreaded, stressful four-day Tuesday-Friday post-holiday hell weeks.
Why is this important?
For decades workers have been faced with 3-day weekends (Sat-Sun-Mon) created by observing certain Federal holidays on a Monday. This has created a four-day hell week where Tuesday is Monday and bosses expect 5 days worth of work in four. Everyone is miserable on Tuesday. If the holidays were moved instead to Fridays, the week following a 3-day weekend would start with a real Monday and be normal routine for workers and students alike. The week with the Friday off would be busy but would be high morale because of the upcoming Friday off. Implementation would take a few years because the hospitality industry books one-two years out. But the basic concept is almost a no-brainer: normal routine, happier people; still have the 3-day weekends, but no more TWThF hell weeks!