Work

Work crap you have to deal with after Christmas

YOU’VE been back at your desk for half an hour and the happy relaxation you felt during the holidays has already vanished. Here’s why.

Six jobs no one will notice or care if you're shit at

ARE you useless at everything? Try one of these careers where rank incompetence is the accepted norm and even welcomed.

Ebenezer Scrooge answers Bob Cratchit's request for a cost-of-living pay rise

Dear Cratchit, The HR department has received your missive requesting an increase in your salary. At Christmas, no less.

How to drag your arse through the last working day before Christmas

STRUGGLING to stay motivated on the last working day before Christmas? Here's how to slog through the next few hours miserable hours until you're free.

Five times you can bunk off work if you've got kids

CHILDREN are an expensive, noisy hassle. Their one saving grace is that you can use them to skive off work on these occasions.

Homeworker forced to work to stay warm

A HOMEWORKER has been forced to do a hard day’s work to maintain enough physical activity to stay warm, she has admitted.

Absolute wanker succeeds in making office Christmas party fancy-dress

WORKERS in an office are reeling from the news that some arsehole has managed to make the work Christmas party fancy f**king dress.

Cool guy referring to his minimum-wage job as a 'gig'

A COOL man is describing his minimum-wage, zero-hours contract job using a word employed by rock stars, he has confirmed.

Woman resolute in belief it's not Christmas yet

A WOMAN has vowed not to waver in her belief that it is not Christmas until Thursday at the very earliest.

Five heartless bastards who are dead against the nurses' strike

NURSES deserve more pay. It’s virtually impossible to argue otherwise. But you’re always going to find people who disagree, like these.