Gemma Hamill is still at work

Is it just me or is there something a little bit exciting and almost rebellious about being at work after hours? It’s dark outside, you’re ordering pizza, you can sit on Facebook for as long as you want – hell, something WILD is about to happen up in here!

This discussion arose two nights ago when my colleague mentioned that her favourite time to be at work is the evening. Admittedly I was a little taken aback at first, but after examining the facts the evidence was irrefutable - you can work at a human pace, without meeting alerts and emails from tetchy clients popping up every 5 minutes, it’s the only time you can crack open a bottle of wine and nobody bats an eyelid, the people staying with you are the people you actually like being around and you don’t have to worry about the walk home once you’ve ordered a cab and claimed on expenses. Not a bad deal at all.

And probably the best part about it is that you get to update your Facebook status with things like “Gemma Hamill is still at work” or “Gemma Hamill is over it” – outwardly bitching to your peers and getting sympathy in return, while inwardly thinking “Gemma Hamill is still at work, a little bit drunk and getting nowhere, but doesn’t have anything better to do and is actually quite enjoying it!”

Although I suspect this feeling probably wears off at around midnight, when you realise that not only should you be in bed by now, but that it will be at least another hour until you actually are, and another 6 hours until you have to get up and do it all over again. Luckily, I have yet to experience that particular level of delirium, but surely at this point the only solution is a healthy dose of Lionel Ritchie?

No? Anyone?