Burst Attention Span

Last week I was working in Zürich on a project for a banking services company. I'm not a fan of commuting, much less so when I have to get up at 5.30am to catch a train every day and even much less so when I'm not back home again until 10.30pm each night. The cumulative effect of this stressful, coffee-fuelled week of travelling and meeting ridiculous deadlines was that I fell foul of a sinus/throat/chest virus as soon as I relaxed on Friday night and dropped into a delirious fever for two days. If my girlfriend hadn't been around at my place to care for me and keep me hydrated I really don't know what would have happened.

A company I used to work for have a prescriptive list of dos and don'ts which they believe encourages employees to be nice to each other. This list is a lot clearer!