case of the Mondays
Start-of-week slump
A case of the Mondays is the sluggish, irritable mood that sets in at the start of the workweek—the feeling that you'd rather be anywhere but at your job.
The phrase was popularized by the 1999 film *Office Space*, where it satirized hollow workplace cheerfulness: Sounds like somebody's got a case of the Mondays.
- deskFurniture for writing
- nine to fiveStandard workday timeframe
- back to workResuming one's occupation
- lethargyAbnormal drowsiness and apathy
- mental fogClouded, sluggish cognition
drag · irritability · burnout · coffee · apathy · procrastination · snooze · boredom · alarm · hit snooze · gloom · sigh · frown · overwork · disengagement · Office Space · groan · going through motions
case of the Mondaysjob satisfaction
Contentment with one's employment
work motivation · fired up · in the zone · bright-eyed and bushy-tailed · raring to go
case of the Mondaysenthusiasm
Intense eager enjoyment
job satisfaction · motivated · pumped up · raring to go · fired up