People are losing their minds over the two ways people read calendars

People are losing their minds over the two ways people read calendars: ‘This is messing with my head’

Man shares the two ways people read calendars
As an example, some might say ‘this Sunday’ as the coming Sunday
But others say ‘next Sunday’ and argue it depends on how the week starts

By Carina Stathis For Daily Mail Australia

Thousands have been baffled by the two different ways people read calendars.

Steve, from the UK, was in disbelief when he discovered some people describe the coming Sunday as ‘this Sunday’ while others say it as ‘next Sunday’.

‘This is f****** with my head. How do you read a calendar?’ Steve said in a video.

‘If you read it how I read it, then next Sunday is the 25th. THIS Sunday is the 18th. But I’m guessing that some people read it as the 18th is next Sunday because it hasn’t actually happened yet.’

‘Next Sunday means next Sunday, not this Sunday. Tell me I’m not wrong.’

UK TikToker Steve, who goes by the username @steves_bored, shared the two ways people read calendars.In a video posted on a Wednesday, he said some people read the coming Sunday as ‘this Sunday’ while others read it as ‘next Sunday’. ‘This is f****** with my head. How do you read a calendar?’ Steve said in the clip

Opinions were divided on TikTok with most agreeing with Steve’s stance while others say he was ‘wrong’.

The video has since been viewed a staggering 3.2million times.

‘You are correct,’ one person commented, another agreed and said: ‘I’m with you’.

‘This week is this week next week is next week,’ a third added.

Some argued it ‘depends’ on whether the calendar used starts with Sunday as the first day of the week.

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Others admitted they call the coming Sunday ‘next Sunday’.

‘Next Sunday is the next Sunday, so 18th,’ one wrote.

‘I moved to Ireland and they would say the 18th is next Sunday, and the 25th as Sunday week. I’ve had many an argument about it,’ another said.

A third said: ‘Depends how your weeks start and finish.’

Many also say ‘Sunday week’ instead of ‘next Sunday’.

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People are losing their minds over the two ways people read calendars

People are losing their minds over the two ways people read calendars: ‘This is messing with my head’

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