Went out for drinks with friends last night , friends acted utterly aghast that I'm still at work and react with comments like 'Oh poor you, I can't BELIEVE you are still at work!' complete with sad faces.
My non-working best friend has asked me about three times when I'm 'breaking up' from work and keeps phoning me during the day - and was amazed that 'the Friday before Christmas is a working day'!
WTF? It's a normal working week! Why the sympathy? I don't resent it and love my job.
It's like there is no understanding that most companies still have deadlines and that most people don't have enough holiday to just chuck in an extra week before Christmas.
Anyone else have this??