So if I fill it out on Friday, I shouldn't get antsy until Tuesday sometime.

I would assume if you fill it out Friday at noon, you should get a response by Tuesday noon. So it's like "business days" but with more precision. Or you could think of it as literally 48 hours, except "we're not gonna count Sat. and Sun."

There's no such modifier to hours to parallel this in the example above, is there?

"48 business hours" sounds weird. Like maybe you're counting 8 hours in a business day, so a little more than a week in total. Of course that would be a wrong interpretation so... what is my point again?

ita, I've very occasionally seen the term "48 business hours," but frankly I find it a little silly. Unless you're working in a business where the work in question is going on 24/7, they should use the term "business day."

I've seen "business hours" used, where "4 business hours" really means "half a business day", or more precisely, "if you contact us right before we close, we will not be getting back to you until after we reopen in the morning". But it's an ugly bit of language, prone to misunderstandings (is 48 hours 2 days, or 6 business days?), and anyway, some fraction of a business day always seems to be what's really meant.

The term business day serves to differentiate from a calendar day. There's no such modifier to hours to parallel this in the example above, is there?

Well, we do differentiate "close of business" from "the end of the day". (Anyway, I do, COB being 5pm in whatever time zone you're in, and "the end of the day" being whenever you actually go home. I have had coworkers be completely lost when I refer to something needing to go out by COB.)

But usually, when we are talking about hours within a business day, we say "two business days" versus "two full business days," I think. The former might be 44 hours, or 42; but the latter will be 48 or more.

Unless you're working in a business where the work in question is going on 24/7, they should use the term "business day."

I agree - except what if someone fills out the form 8:00 am Friday, and then calls back Tue. afternoon and they say, "It's still two business days - you'll hear from us at 5:00."

I just think there's some ambiguity or "slop" in the "business day" term.

Happy Birthday Kristin and Maria!

If one has to make a late night drive that doesn't end until 1 am, I highly recommend seeing a high energy jazz musical shortly before starting. The play was great fun last night (particularly the comedic number "Old-Fashioned Lesbian Love Story"!) and really had me wired until the wee hours.

Birthday twins! How could I forget? So I add...

Happy Birthday, Maria!!

to my earlier wish.

The term business day serves to differentiate from a calendar day. There's no such modifier to hours to parallel this in the example above, is there?

Like, 48 business hours? No, I guess not. They should just say two business days if that's what they mean. So say I.

Daybreak watchers, ABC has apparently posted the new episode in the wrong order. I asked at TWOP and this is the order they say it should be in:

The correct order seems to be: section 1, first half of section 3, section 2, first half of section 4, second half of section 3, second half of section 4.

Sigh. I haven't rewatched to see if it does work right. Perhaps at lunch.

"48 business hours" sounds weird. Like maybe you're counting 8 hours in a business day, so a little more than a week in total. Of course that would be a wrong interpretation so... what is my point again?

Yeah, this is what one of my credit card company fraud department people had on his voicemail, and it made me nuts every time. "48 business hours?"

GA question-- I finally watched last week's ep, by which I mean fast forwarded through most of it, because I'm still not in the mood for bloody.

Am I the only one who giggled happily at the last scene, with Meredith?