Woman with no annual leave goes straight to work after landing in UK from nine-hour flight
A woman who had no more annual leave to take got the most out of her holiday after she decided to go right from her nine-hour flight home back into work.
At this point in the year you're either wishing you still had a couple of days left of holiday, or you're panicking because you've still got about two weeks worth of time to take off which you can't use because everyone else is in the same boat.
In the former camp was video producer Erin Rivers, who was all out of annual leave to take but still hoping to make the most of her holiday in Mexico.
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Not wanting to cut her holiday short to make space for the journey home, she instead decided that she was going to incorporate a transatlantic flight into her morning commute and show up in the office for her nine to five.
She'd figured out that since her flight was scheduled to get back into Manchester at 7.00am she'd have enough time to get through the airport and be at her desk, and although she ended up cutting it a bit fine since the plane was delayed, she turned out to be right.
Speaking to her esteemed employer, which in this case is us, Erin explained that while it was a shame she didn't have any more holidays to book off she was able to arrange it so she could 'have a normal day at work'.
At least as normal as you can get when you started the day on another continent, she did say she 'would never wish for a 10 hour commute'.
Erin told us that she 'also wanted to beat jet lag', and reckoned that staying up all day was the best way to tackle that.
The whole endeavour turned out to be 'very successful', though even after she'd completed her daily shift in the office a train back home to Leeds beckoned.
As for how she managed to stay awake and alert at work after a nine-hour flight home, Erin said she had 'lots of tactics' to keep herself going.
Explaining her method, she said: "I did my make up on the train from the airport to the office to feel alive, brushed my teeth in the work toilet, bit of deodorant, my usual morning iced coffee, lots of water, fuelled on fruit and sugar, kept busy and up at work filming lots of videos and of course being very dedicated to my job that I love!"
We promise we didn't make her say that last bit. Honest.
In her video chronicling her journey to work she did at one point have to convince herself she was tired and could go to sleep, as she told us she got about five hours kip on the plane from Mexico to Manchester.
There's no rawdogging malarkey on this particular commute, could you imagine the hell involved in sitting for hours on a plane and then doing a full shift?
The plane was also delayed by an hour and 15 minutes, leaving her just 45 minutes to get out of Manchester Airport and into LADbible Towers, though she made it with time to spare.
Even if she doesn't want to make a habit out of such a long commute, Erin did recommend going right from the holiday to the office.
She said: "You know what, if you're like me and love long weekends away an extra day of annual leave could be an extra trip, I definitely recommend [it], don't waste that day of leave to do nothing.
"You've just got to be prepared and ready for a long day, but if you've slept on the plane, have tactics in place, you'll be fine, it honestly wasn't even that bad!"
I'll take your word for it Erin.
Joe Harker