How to be a Ho-Ho-Home Business this Christmas
22/12/2009 send to a friend
'Tis the season to be jolly and this is one of the few occasions when working from home can feel like a disadvantage. Whilst you are single-handedly rescuing the UK economy, members of the wage slave community are winding down and putting on their party hats. It's tempting to feel rather forlorn and forgotten. But be of good cheer. Top cartoonist, Colin Shelbourn offers 10 excellent reasons why you can't beat running a home business at Christmas.
1. Unrestricted access to hot chocolate and mince pies.
2. No guilt because you've forgotten to give a card to Sheila in Accounts.
3. Having a desk at the window when it starts to snow.
4. Absolutely no end of year, inter-departmental politics.
5. The cheery glow of an office log fire.
6. Reduced likelihood of bosses clutching mistletoe.
7. Thinking outside the box means building a snowman.
8. No post-party anatomical surprises on the office photocopier.
9. Freedom to compile the world's best festive playlist on Spotify.
10. You always win when you pull the office cracker.
Have an extraordinarily jolly Christmas and a deep, crisp and even New Year.
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Comments
Author: Emily Coltman
Date: 22/12/2009
Comment: Great article! Thanks!
Homeworkers also don't need to worry about getting stuck in the snow on the way home...
If "even Good King Wenceslas would not draw back his curtain", there's no guilt about choosing not to battle into the office, either!
Happy Christmas all!
M
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Author: mike glover
Date: 22/12/2009
Comment: Another ten:
1. You can get drunk at the "office" party without worrying about getting home.
2. You can retreat to the office on Christmas Day/Boxing Day to "work" when you've had enough of the family festivities.
3. No commuting in the snow
4. No listening to other people's heroics in the snow to get to work
5. No agonies over whose pay to dock for not getting to work in the snow
6. No agonies/guilt over whether to leave work early to get home in the snow
7. Absolute freedom to do what you want, when you want, with corporate Christmas cards.
8. Watching the only bit of Christmas TV worth swithing on, on a work-day afternoon.
9. Listening to guilty pleasure Christmas CDs when everyone else is out of the house.
10. Compiling silly lists when pretending to work
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Author: Tom
Date: 22/12/2009
Comment: Agreed with all the above. And anyway, does anyone really miss "The Office Christmas Party"? I'll swap it for a 10-second commute and a few beers with my family and friends, thanks...
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Author: Caz
Date: 22/12/2009
Comment: But where's the link to your Spotify list?!
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Author: Gerry
Date: 22/12/2009
Comment: Never mind Sheila in accounts (don't even remember what she looks like), I get to sleep with the Company Secretary.
Whether she likes it or not...
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Author: Henry
Date: 23/12/2009
Comment: Thank, you just reminded me what I am NOT missing this christmas
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