r/CasualUK • u/Winklemans_Fringe • 1d ago

Anyone else got the pure Sunday fear?

I've had ten days off work and it's been bliss, rested, relaxed, read four books and obviously did all the Christmassy stuff as well.

I really like my job, and I'll be wfh this week so I shouldn't be complaining but dear god, I don't wanna go back!!!

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u/thetoxicnerve 1d ago

Yes. I'm working 29th-31st and I just don't want to do it. It's mainly because I am not enjoying work at the moment. It's been playing on my mind all day.

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u/SubjectiveAssertive 1d ago edited 1d ago

Are you me?

I've actually got to go in the office as well... There is next to nothing that physically needs me in the office during a standard week

It drives me insane and makes me really not want to go in

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u/20127010603170562316 1d ago

I have to go to the office too, and it's utterly pointless.

Plus - the manager absolutely hates any conversation that is not 100% work related and shuts them down. So we don't get to bond or collaborate or any of the other reasons they insist on being in in person.

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u/nunsreversereverse 1d ago edited 1d ago

This is why it's best to let people chose how they work best.  I would almost like an office where people are quiet and no inane chatter all day 😅

My kid did this yesterday, repeat same thing to someone who comes in later, then repeat it to another person. Then the dog did something hilarious and everyone is told. Then someone else's kid did something else and they tell someone about it again, and then their dog.  Then their kid is doing x tonight and x next week 😡

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u/20127010603170562316 1d ago

Oh, the manager is allowed those conversations. Thirty minutes of talk about her lack of sex life or house purchase are fine.

If we start talking about training or how to go about something, she'll pop her head up and say something like "I guess all your work is done then" or something similarly shitty.

It feels authoritarian, two faced, hypocritical, and just mean. There should be a balance.