So we're having our Christmas Party...

[Sundae]

It used to happen to me every year.
Not the car sales thing of course, that would have been weord when working for the NHS...

It just seemed that as everyone else was winding down, slacking off, chopsing and wandering round with snackies, I was given a last minute task and was working like a demon. Everyone would be putting their coats on and all, "Have a lovely Christmas! Bye!" and I'd be cursing like Daffy Duck with at least another hour's graft ahead of me.

I would be so enraged that I would cut my nose off to spite my face. People offering help were turned away with a, "No, you go home and enjoy yourself" through gritted teeth.

Funny, but I miss it. This time next year I hope to be going through it all again With better grace this time though.

You have my sympathy, Jim. But look at it this way - you were only missing a crappy buffet with people you work with. The people you really want to celebrate with are in the house your job pays for, and they wouldn't start without you for the world.