Workers are rolling into their jobs hungover twice every week and making one main mistake
A quarter of those who over-indulge admit they spend the next day clock-watching and feeling sorry for themselves, a study by Nul found. One in three boast about their boozy antics
A quarter spend the day feeling sorry for themselves(Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto)
Millions of boozy Brits roll into work hungover at least once or twice a week. A quarter of those who over-indulge admit they spend the next day clock-watching and feeling sorry for themselves.
One in three sheepish workers try to hide how they are feeling from their colleagues while the same number openly boast about their alcohol antics. Downing coffee, gobbling a fry-up and slapping on make-up are some of the survival tactics for staff who are worse for wear – while a quarter simply call in sick instead.
The nation gets tipsy or trolleyed an average of three times a week, according to the study by alcohol reduction method, Nul.
And when it comes to hangover humdingers at work, 6% of struggling workers have sent the wrong email to a client, 4% ended up in the wrong meeting and 3% have moaned about a colleague but accidentally CC’d them in. It comes as figures show drink lovers ditched dry January in their droves.
Only 14% bothered with it and half of them failed to complete it, according to Ipsos data.
Ipsos research director Peter Cooper said: “Britain is undoubtedly a nation that loves the pub, with over half not even contemplating laying off the booze to start the year.”
Clinical psychologist Dr Zandra Bamford, of Nul, says short term fads like dry January can even backfire. It happens because going cold turkey makes the brain enjoy booze even more when drinking restarts.
She said: “When a person has been abstaining from alcohol, they can experience a surge in craving and consumption when drinking is resumed, a response to the deprivation. This is often confused for a total lack of willpower, but in actuality it’s a biological response that is linked to the brain’s reward system.
“During cold turkey detoxes, changes to this reward system take place which cause the alcohol to become more potent and more rewarding.”
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