Comments on: Friday Saturday

By: Djoodj

Djoodj — Tue, 29 May 2007 20:49:09 +0000

how do “mullas” of the parliament justify this. they claim to be religious and disprove of tons and tons of things and back it up with religious reasons, and yet, they allow us to have Saturday off, last time i checked, Saturday is the Sabbath, and not that it really matters to me, is the Jewish day off. I guess its all just a front, all they are really interested in is the money.

By: irishlassy85

irishlassy85 — Tue, 29 May 2007 20:17:00 +0000

i don’t like this, i liked having wednesday and thursday off .. it’s soooo different from the uk, and i like different..

By: Ansam

Ansam — Mon, 28 May 2007 09:47:29 +0000

I used to sleep a little more on Thursdays before getting up and going to work.. Thursday was the light wakeup day for me! Now I guess the whole week will have crowded streets during rush hours :-S

By: Armani Exchange

Armani Exchange — Mon, 28 May 2007 09:46:08 +0000

1st of September will be on Saturday … so does that means that it’s going to be a weekend followed by Thursday-Friday ?

By: Ali Bonga

Ali Bonga — Mon, 28 May 2007 05:43:36 +0000

What difference will it make as long I’m getting my two days of rest!
The good that is coming out of this is having an excuse to leave work to go to the bank! I see it now! People will go to banks more than ever, just because they don’t have Thursdays!

By: baqala_dweller

baqala_dweller — Sun, 27 May 2007 22:15:20 +0000

it was always cool that things were still operational on thursdays, a natural declamation to the week. Go to work from saturday to wednesday, take care of personal stuff on a thursday morning, whether it’s taking the car to the garage or going to a shop. after this activity, the rest of the weekend is relaxed and the friday lassitude lingers. However, once this change you’re talking about is implemented, the psychology of the lazy friday morning will no longer be valid - shops will less likely be open on a friday, since everyone’s supposed to be at mosque. so on saturday, the city’s bustling again, and you won’t feel completely rested for work the next day.
workwise, i don’t deal with the west and i don’t think by changing my weekly schedule anyone in the west will be impressed. this is not a move forwards.

By: Biohazard

Biohazard — Sun, 27 May 2007 21:39:16 +0000

What the hell.. Now I can’t stay up on the first day of the weekend. I’d have Friday prayer the next day.. and I’d be too tired from getting up early for Friday prayer to stay up Saturday night.

Damn it.. :(

By: Ralph

Ralph — Sun, 27 May 2007 21:06:58 +0000

Kuwait switches to Friday-Saturday weekend

KUWAIT CITY, May 27, 2007 (AFP) - Kuwait on Sunday decided to switch its weekend to Friday-Saturday from Thursday-Friday, starting on September 1, State Minister Faisal al-Hajji told the official KUNA news agency.

Kuwait will follow the example of Gulf partners the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Qatar which all made the same switch last year in a measure designed to bring them closer to the working week in the West.

The Kuwaiti decision, which applies to government offices, was taken during the weekly meeting of the cabinet in the oil-rich Gulf emirate on the recommendation of the Civil Service Commission.

Only oil powerhouse Saudi Arabia and Oman still apply the Thursday-Friday Muslim weekend in the six-nation alliance of the Gulf Cooperation Council.

The private sector in Kuwait is not bound to follow the government, but banks and most of the oil sector already apply a Friday-Saturday weekend to be more in line with international markets, which close Saturday-Sunday.

By: Marzouq

Marzouq — Sun, 27 May 2007 20:08:00 +0000

Sweeettt I just saw it on tv

By: Mark

Mark — Sun, 27 May 2007 19:56:01 +0000

RO I doubt, currently the private sector is split in two with some people friday saturday and others thursday friday. now with the new system i think that everyone will shift to friday saturday, its better for them. working on saturday will be useless for the private sector if saturday is off for everyone. it would be like working on friday now.

By: Poison

Poison — Sun, 27 May 2007 19:45:32 +0000

From the arabtimes web page:

The Kuwaiti decision, which applies to government offices, was taken during the weekly meeting of the cabinet in the oil-rich Gulf emirate on the recommendation of the Civil Service Commission.

Only oil powerhouse Saudi Arabia and Oman still apply the Thursday-Friday Muslim weekend in the six-nation alliance of the Gulf Cooperation Council.

By: RO

RO — Sun, 27 May 2007 18:55:47 +0000

I somehow think that the private sector will carry on as it is right now. We’ll work a half day on thursday and the full day off on friday.

By: mishref

mishref — Sun, 27 May 2007 18:27:30 +0000

It is a life changing event.

By: Basit

Basit — Sun, 27 May 2007 18:26:57 +0000

pfft! gay-ness!

By: LetmeGo

LetmeGo — Sun, 27 May 2007 17:44:45 +0000

finally!