Narrator: “A woman in our office berated staff about not celebrating the holidays and that included Sad Friday. We couldn’t figure out what she was talking about and told her that the last time we checked there wasn’t a holiday called Sad Friday. So we asked her, if she had the name right.
The woman responded and repeated, ‘There is a Sad Friday and we’re not celebrating it.’”
The narrator continued: “Do you mean ‘Good Friday’ which is two days before Easter and usually happens either in March or April?”
Woman: “No it is Sad Friday and it happens before Christmas.”
Narrator: “Sorry but there is no such thing as a Sad Friday before Christmas. We’re all usually pretty happy about the Friday before Christmas because it means soon we’re giving and getting gifts.”
Woman: “Yes there is a Sad Friday. I saw many stories about it on the internet.”
Narrator: “You couldn’t have possibly seen a real story about a Sad Friday on the internet.”
Woman: “You mean that the Internet can be wrong?”
Narrator repeated the statement to a round of laughter.
But wait! I think that the woman in question must have meant Black Friday, the start of the holiday shopping season. So I guess both were right – just a mistaken translation!
Maybe . . . Maybe not. I'll stick to having sushi!
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| Beautiful and scrumptious sushi dinner! Worth the wait! |
