Super Bowl Monday: National Hangover Day

Let the Super Bowl hangover begin. After an afternoon and evening when Americans consume more pizza, wings, nachos, guacamole, chips and beer than almost any other day of the year, it's no surprise that some will be a little too sick to head into work. After an evening of screaming at the TV, booing the Bears' Rex Grossman and laughing at one or two good Super Bowl commercials, it's no surprise that some will be a little too sick to head into work. And for those Indianapolis Colts fans who continue to celebrate the team's first Super Bowl victory as the Indianapolis Colts, it's no surprise that some will be a little too sick to head into work. With Super Bowl Sunday rivaling New Year's Eve as one of the country's biggest celebrations, it seems only fair that the day after the Super Bowl be made into a national holiday. After all, we get New Year's Day off to rehydrate, watch football bowl games and count down the return to work. So why not get the same treatment on National Hangover Day? Companies should consider the lack of productivity on Super Bowl Monday. Less employees show up for work. Many of those who do will loiter by the water cooler talking about fumbles, field goals and Mapasaurus. Or how they were this close to winning that $1,000 Super Bowl box pool, if only Indy had made that extra point in the first quarter. And the occasional employee may just show his distaste for the outcome of the game, for Prince's shadow phallic halftime show, for the terrible ad spots and for coming into work after a night of boozing by spending his morning curled up next to a toilet in the office restroom. By making the day after the Super Bowl a national holiday, none of this unsightly office behavior would occur. At least, not until Tuesday.