I can see where people are coming from, however...
Isn't part of, if not the whole point of, Mafia to reduce the drudgery? It takes me at least 9 clicks to punch the calendar. Per character. Per day. And I keep forgetting which character I've completed it for a given day, so I end up wasting more clicks to log back in and check. That, to me, is precisely the kind of thing that makes Mafia so helpful - performing a mind-numbing, repetitive task for me.
I finally got around to realizing how easy it is to automate this today.
Now, if someone automated the Crimbo quest entirely, I could see the issue with that. You're supposed to go discover and enjoy it on your own. A 1-a-day punch just isn't in the same league.