AN anti-monarchist has refused to accept a day off for the funeral of a hereditary head of state and has gone to the office regardless.
Helen Archer of Stevenage believes that to take part in a bank holiday costing Britain £2.3 billion in lost productivity would be hypocritical, so has arrived at work for a full day’s print management.
She said: “Just an ordinary day as far as I’m concerned. Someone I don’t know’s being buried. So what.
“I’ve arrived at 9am, got security to let me in, then gone back and got them to turn off the alarm system that had been left on by some bloody Royalist, and now I’m sat here, cracking on.
“None of the emails I sent Friday have been answered, none of the clients are available, I haven’t really got much to do but that’s not the point. The point is I’m here.
“Why wouldn’t I be? There’s nothing else happening. If you’re so into people who do their duty no matter what, get to work.”
After four unproductive hours Archer will go for lunch only to find all the shops are shut, she is unable to even get a sandwich and security have locked her car behind the barrier and clocked off.
