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I don't want to go to work tomorrow because.......

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Lanzarotelady · 05/10/2025 15:01

I have an essay to write
I would rather practice my piano
I don't want to work any more
I want to sit under a blanket and watch Netflix
I am so over this working for a living lark

Why else don't you want to go to work tomorrow?

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MustWeDoThis · 07/10/2025 20:21

Lanzarotelady · 05/10/2025 15:01

I have an essay to write
I would rather practice my piano
I don't want to work any more
I want to sit under a blanket and watch Netflix
I am so over this working for a living lark

Why else don't you want to go to work tomorrow?

I thought I wrote this. This is me. I feel this.

Nanatobethatsme46 · 07/10/2025 20:05

Whereismyfleeceblanket · 05/10/2025 15:08

Because tomorrow is the last day with our ddog. She is getting pts on Tuesday... Kind customer has given my the afternoon off paid though.

Have the best last day together, they really are one of the family
Your dog will know how much you love them , lots of hugs and cuddles for your little one

Lurleenlumpkin79 · 07/10/2025 13:30

Shallwesay2pm · 05/10/2025 15:05

I don't want to go to work tomorrow because.....
I have been ill all weekend so haven't enjoyed my time off, I feel like I have been robbed of my days off !!!

That always happens to me. You have my sympathy. I'm sure my immune system saves up any colds & bugs until my annual leave. 😪

dendroglyph · 07/10/2025 11:55

Whereismyfleeceblanket · 07/10/2025 09:54

Popping back to thank posters for the good wishes.
It's today and I feel sick.

Ddog is still feisty and isn't going to go quietly I fear.. 2 weeks ago we had her dm pts after a bad stroke. Honestly life can be very cruel. The support of mn has been with me on a few bad journeys over the years.. For that I am grateful.. And for 12 years with my beautiful girl.
She will be very much missed.

Sending love and best wishes.

dendroglyph · 07/10/2025 11:53

I am recovering from an invasive diagnostic procedure which made me really unwell, and while I was in for the procedure, I also picked up covid - it's an effort to bother even blinking.

I am so done with my job. I loved it. Then we were 'streamlined' which was 'doing more with less', so the work piled up, then people left because the workload was insurmountable, the people were not replaced, but the expectations and the deadlines don't move. As a PP said, you just keep getting 'we appreciate everything you are doing' emails.

I am so tired.
I want to stay in bed and read.

Idstillratherbepaddleboarding · 07/10/2025 11:13

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FluffyBenji23 · 07/10/2025 10:01

I NEVER want to go to work anymore. 2.5 years until my retirement and I'm so over working. Love the people but just want to stay at home now - I'm tired and I hate getting up early every bloody weekday. Currently on leave for three days and it's utter bliss!

Whereismyfleeceblanket · 07/10/2025 09:54

Popping back to thank posters for the good wishes.
It's today and I feel sick.

Ddog is still feisty and isn't going to go quietly I fear.. 2 weeks ago we had her dm pts after a bad stroke. Honestly life can be very cruel. The support of mn has been with me on a few bad journeys over the years.. For that I am grateful.. And for 12 years with my beautiful girl.
She will be very much missed.

gmor6787 · 07/10/2025 09:46

Whereismyfleeceblanket. So sorry, you must be distraught. My thoughts are with you.
sending you a vertual hug.

Blackjack2002 · 07/10/2025 08:52

I quit my job with no notice recently as I’d had enough of my gaslighting manager. I’ve got a decent fuck off fund so thought fuck it. Having a bit of time off then will start the job search

MarvellousMonsters · 07/10/2025 08:46

Whereismyfleeceblanket · 05/10/2025 15:08

Because tomorrow is the last day with our ddog. She is getting pts on Tuesday... Kind customer has given my the afternoon off paid though.

Sending you love @Whereismyfleeceblanket this is the hardest and worst part of having a dog. Please be gentle with yourself

BadActingParsley · 07/10/2025 08:26

I want to stay at home with my dog
i also want to plant some bulbs and sow some hardy annuals.

SusanSHelit · 07/10/2025 00:22

It's an overtime shift, on a&e

I'm already tired

My house is so messy it's making me sad and I'll be too tired to do much about it when I get home

I don't like leaving the house before ds but will have to or I'll be an hour late

I want to spend the day putting my house back together and chilling with the cat

I got a book for my birthday two weeks ago that I haven't even started yet but really want to read

I don't want to get up at 6am

Winter pressure is already starting and it just seems to get more intense every year

I don't feel like being assaulted (a not unreasonable desire, but as likely to happen as not in a busy a&e)

I resent having to work so many hours just to line some London landlord's pockets who has never even been to my city let alone the house. Especially when he does fuck all about the disrepair in the house. (blown down fence, black mould, water damaged floors)

I could go on but I'm already having a bit of a pity party for myself and this probably isn't helping

Peridoteage · 07/10/2025 00:11

I feel like its a bit meaningless but its well paid

I would rather spend the day doing useful jobs - cooking, cleaning, growing things to eat, making useful things (knitting/sewing/pottery/carpentry)

I wish life was a bit slower and less about accumulating stuff.

Aweemawe · 06/10/2025 23:49

Because I don’t think I’m very good at it.
I want to be, and I know I could be, so I put pressure on myself, and then I freeze. The word procrastination doesn’t seem right because I don’t put things off, my brain just will not do it. It’s hard to explain. I have sat in front of my laptop all night before now and just done… nothing. Not mumsnetting and youtubing, just… fretting.

TheAngryPuxie · 06/10/2025 23:42

I don't want to go to work tomorrow because I am a teacher and the kids just don't want to learn and can't be bothered and it's soul destroying.

Geekynzmum · 06/10/2025 23:37

They're doing work in the office, so I'm having to work from home for the next 2 weeks instead of hybrid working and it feels like going back to COVID times.
I was nearly in tears on Friday when I was driving home and thinking about it.

illsendansostotheworld · 06/10/2025 23:06

Because l have to prepare for a GDPR audit which is boring as fuck

Dogstar78 · 06/10/2025 22:54

I spent Sunday doing battle with the loft. I found a 360 review from 2009 that said my enthusiasm and motivation was exhausting. Come back and see me in 2025 for the less enthusiastic and grumpy edition.

I don't want to work because our 'leader' doesn't know what she is doing and we have to cope with the fallout. She doesn’t protect her own team and allows other people to cover their incompetence by wrongly blaming us and she agrees with them despite provide hard evidence.

I hate work and people so much I am looking forward to a shoulder operation...that is saying something.

MferMonsterSearchingForRedemption · 06/10/2025 22:40

(I don't work Mondays).

I don't want to go to work tomorrow because I've got a shitty cold, I'm sleeping even worse than normal, so I am already tired. Plus, my job is really full on and I would rather be relaxing.

anon666 · 06/10/2025 22:06

I've been laid off, and I'm on notice period, and I really can't get motivated.

It's not fair of me to be like this. They are still paying me, and I'm a self-employed contractor. I've been given two month's notice, I have nothing to complain about.

But I just can't get any sense of urgency or work ethic. To be fair, maybe that's why I'm being laid off! I've been repeatedly told to work slower and that I'm going too fast, that I'm too enthusiastic. And its true I could do 4 times more work if they wanted. So I've been trying to go slow.

I just need to keep my mouth shut, amd put one foot in front of the other. But its like torture somehow. I'm so capable and it feels I'm not even using 1% of that.

PorridgeEater · 06/10/2025 21:56

"The government keep piling more and more work on us while refuse to engage in annual pay rise discussions and sending out emails thanking us for our hard work at the difficult time. Don’t thank us, pay us!"

This is so irritating - no wonder you're annoyed.
Guess they think they have to do it as they know they're not paying you enough!

WorkerBee123 · 06/10/2025 21:34

Whereismyfleeceblanket · 05/10/2025 15:08

Because tomorrow is the last day with our ddog. She is getting pts on Tuesday... Kind customer has given my the afternoon off paid though.

I’m so so sorry.

Btowngirl · 06/10/2025 21:04

tsmainsqueeze · 05/10/2025 19:44

You win ! no better reason🤗

Thank you, we all survived and had extra cuddles at bed time!

Missingpop · 06/10/2025 20:59

I don’t want to go to work tomorrow because I’m a lazy bugger who wants to stay snuggled up in my nice warm comfy bed & sleep until I’m ready to get up not be forced to get up when the alarm screams at me. I want to be a lady of leisure but still get laid at the end of the month please, I won’t take any days off sick or any annual leave if this can be my new full time job 😂😂😂

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