How can we make today great?
Well, for a start, we could be having the day off work.
Which brings us to Greater Bank. It really has made a great call. It's giving workers a day off on Monday "as reward for their hard work and dedication over the past five months" during the pandemic.
This really is great stuff. We'll be discussing this concept at great length with our bosses. After all, great minds think alike.
We reckon Greater Bank workers will be going great guns after a day off.
They've been putting in the hard yards - banks were classified as an essential service during the COVID-19 lockdown.
"Greater Bank employees were on the front line, servicing the needs of customers and communities during the height of the pandemic," the bank's chief executive Scott Morgan said.
"Like the majority of businesses, we saw incredible disruption to the way we conduct our business."
This included more than 400 head office employees working from home and changed operations in branches to ensure "the safety and wellbeing of employees and customers," Mr Morgan said.
"I could not be prouder of the way we have managed as an organisation, which would not have been possible without the dedication of our people who were willing to adapt and refocus as necessary."
Greater Bank will close all branches on Monday, including its 26 in the Hunter. Its customer service line will remain open. [That's not an invitation to ring up and complain about branches being closed!]
Can we just add that we're pretty sure the Newcastle Herald would give its workers Monday off as well.
The only problem is, when the paper is delivered on Tuesday, it'll be blank. Personally, we reckon this would be a great practical joke on readers. Of course, our switchboard operators would not be pleased.
Time for a Cuppa
This from Fred Saunders, of Waratah West: "Next time you are in the supermarket buying your cup of tea, have a look at the small print on a Twinings large box of English Breakfast Tea".
"It says, 'blended and packed in Poland' for Twinings of London."
So more like Polish Breakfast Tea, then.
But where, we wonder, was the tea grown.
Twinings says on its website that: "All tea comes from the same plant - Camellia sinensis - and is grown all over the world where conditions are suitable".
So Worldwide Breakfast Tea, then.
Actually, according to The Tea Lover's Companion: A Guide to Teas Throughout the World,English breakfast tea originates from Assam [in India], Sri Lanka [once called Ceylon] and Kenya.
We read online that English breakfast tea is a black-tea blend, usually described as "full-bodied, robust and rich".
That's it, we're going to get a cuppa.
Non-Viral Jokes
I can't believe I got fired from the calendar factory. All I did was take a day off.
How long does it take to brew traditional Chinese tea? Oolong time.
What do you call a dentist who doesn't like tea? Denis.
What do socially-conscious, woke people drink? LGB-T.
What does a worry wart drink? Safe-Tea.
How do you weigh a millennial? In Instagrams.
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