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Workers don’t like Wednesdays
It seems Bob Geldof was wrong. Wednesday is now the most depressing day of the working week.

The psychologists, who conducted the study, found that people’s moods are not enhanced by the prospect of the weekend and the previous weekend is a distant memory.

Professor Charles Areni, of the University of Sydney, told the Telegraph: “Day-of-the-week stereotypes like ‘Monday morning blues’ and ‘Thank God it’s Friday’ are largely illusions.”

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