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Quick question: Are you currently gnashing your teeth? It's possible. A recent survey reports that workers find Tuesday at 11:45 a.m. to be the most stressful time of the work week.

Sure, Mondays are tiring but they're basically a write-off -- you roll on in, cruise through Facebook, read the weekend gossip and let your brain "catch up" to being back at work.

Then Tuesday rolls around. At approximately 11:45 you realize you didn't read any of those important e-mails you got yesterday, your whole plan for the work week is extremely flawed, and you're about one day short of the time you actually need to get everything done. AAAARRRGHHH!!

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This is the curse of Tuesday, and the reason why people are most likely to get stuck working late on the second day of the workweek. And Tuesdays in January must be extra-bad -- experts have pinpointed sometime that month as the most depressing day of the year. Could Tuesday be the new Monday?

Can we change our bad office habits and make the entire week less stressful, or are we doomed to hating life at least 1 out of every 5 days? (The survey, done by a nutritional supplement company, suggests supplements as a way to help out. Shocking.)

Tell us: What's the hour you most dread each work week?


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