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I barely got on my computer today and I've already come across, within about two minutes, three stories that make me want to call this "dumb Monday." If I could count on this type of material every Monday, I'd have something going.

The first story deals with the practices of a Japanese company that allows its female workers to take days off for being heartbroken from a relationship. The same company also allows them to take two days off a year to shop.

What's humorous about the heartbreak leave, is the company offers a scale in years which as the older you get, the more days off are offered when the ladies suffer a lost love.

If you're 24 years old or younger, they get one day off; if they're 25 to 29, they are allowed two days off; older than 29 and you get three days off. It seems they're saying if you are older, the pain is greater, and you need more time to recover. I wonder what happens to those in serial relationships?

"Women in their 20s can find their next love quickly, but it's tougher for women in their 30s, and their break-ups tend to be more serious," said CEO Miki Hiradate.

This isn't just days off, these are paid days off.

While a business should be allowed to do whatever they want in these regards, it's pretty silly to me. You can already see the wheels churning inside of people on what they can think of to game something like this, and develop other excuses for leave from the workplace.

To each his own I guess. What about you, do you think it's silly and nonsensical, or do you think it's a legitimate business practice?