This day is least popular, shows survey. PS: It is not Monday
Saturday is chill! It is the day you are with everyone, have fun and enjoy yourself, says Oda Marie Mjelde Grønstøl (19).
She and her friend Eline Haugo (19) go to Karmøy folk high school in Rogaland. And even if life at folk high school lifts all the weekdays, Saturday stands out.
Saturday has always been the favorite, says Haugo and recalls Saturday chocolate to children's TV at 6 p.m.
Exactly in line with a survey Norstat has done for NRK about what kind of day is the favorite.
For that is the case, those between 18 and 29 years old answer.
So something happens when you pass 30.
Friday is the favorite
– I really relate to this, says Ina Støle-Hansen (31) when she sees the result of Norstat's survey.
She was 29 when Friday took the title as the week's favorite from Saturday.
Because there is less partying with two children. And more that Friday can offer.
– After lunch on Friday you sail into the weekend. So there is taco and a nice jogging outfit. When the children are asleep, I sink into the sofa.
What is your favorite day?
This poll does not show what the population thinks about the question. The result shows what those who chose to vote think, and the poll does not have a sample that is representative of all who live in the country.
And if you see all under one, the survey shows that Friday is the favorite day for 39 percent.
When you read this, there is so much time until Friday:
While 26 percent have Saturday as their favorite.
The weekdays are far down the list.
But Tuesday is the worst, the survey shows.
And throughout a life the popularity of the different days changes like this:
The least popular day
– Tuesday is introverted and a little negative about many things.
Anders Kongsvik Rommetveit describes Tuesday if the week day were a person.
– Is the glass half empty on Tuesdays?
– Yes! Monday flows a bit because it was the weekend before. If you are lucky you can find a piece of chocolate in the cupboard, says he.
On Tuesday there is no chocolate and the next weekend is far away.
NRK meets Rommetveit in the cafeteria at the Directorate of Shipping. On a Tuesday.
A small club of 2 percent has answered that they have Tuesday as their favorite day.
The luck finder is not surprised.
– Tuesday is known to be the day with the most pressure on production and working life. This is not the first survey to show that Tuesday is a heavy day, says Ragnhild Bang Nes.
Ragnhild Bang Nes
Psychologist and researcher, University of Oslo
As a country without a king
– It is a bit back from the weekend, and far from the next weekend, says Nes and describes Tuesday as a country without a king.
She even has a colleague who climbs every Tuesday.
For a tip is to fill the gloomy days with something nice.
Not before you are in your 80s does Tuesday get better, and Thursday takes over the role of the gloomiest day.
But Thursday is the favorite day for student Tiril Kristine Sortland.
– It is full of excitement and I am ready for the weekend. Also it is the day with the cheapest beer, she says.
So what about the rest of the week when Norwegians have ranked?
Even if it is still the weekend there are only 5 percent who have Sunday as their favorite.
– Then there is a long way to freedom! On Sundays it goes all the time and murmurs in the back of your mind that it is a new week. No more parties and nonsense, says Tiril Kristine Sortland.
And when Monday comes there are 6 percent of us who think it is the best day of the week.
– Monday is the worst day! thinks Oda Marie Mjelde Grønstøl.
While Eline Haugo worries most about Wednesday and Thursday.
– There is not much to look forward to because it is so far from the weekend. Also it is a bit tired in the middle of the week.
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