I hate this time of year. Everyone is in a mud rush to get stuff done for no reason. Weeks of build up for "time off over Christmas" and its usually only a few days and then its back to the grind anyway.

Trying to get any sort of work done for standard ongoing projects just grinds to a halt as these urgent-urgent-must-be-done-BY-christmas type stuff starts forcing their way to the top of the queue. All so the person who's meant to be making the decision can go to Fraser for a few days calmer because they actioned something. Gruff gruff.