A man who is still partying today following an “extra long Halloween celebration” has convinced himself that he will be fine because of the “extra hour”.
Despite being two days late for work, Peter Smith is adamant that the hour gained by the daylight saving time clock changes means that everything will work out fine and that he has “absolutely nothing to worry about”.
Wunderground caught up with Mr Smith, who had just double dropped pills, earlier today. “Everything’s totally up in the air when the clocks change,” he claimed. “You might be sitting there thinking it’s Tuesday but I’ve not been to bed yet so I haven’t got my extra hour, once I do decide to go to bed I won’t have to get up until nine thirty on Monday, old time, so I’ve got nothing to worry about.”
“I reckon I’ve still got another twenty four to forty eight hours in me before I need to get my act together,” continued Smith. “I’ll probably stay here for a little while longer and then head for a couple of pints, just to take the edge off, and then go home, get a bit of a takeaway and settle down for a good old sleep before getting up for work. Plus I dressed up as Marty McFly from Back to the Future so I think I’ve got this in the bag.”
According to Mr Smith’s boss, he will be left with no other option but to sack his employee when he eventually shows up for work.
“There’s only so many bullshit excuses I can take,” confirmed boss Alan Hughes. “He comes up with these daft excuses for being late and every time I tell him that this is the last straw. This time it really is. I thought he would have learned his lesson last Halloween when he showed up an hour late and I told him clock changes aren’t an acceptable excuse for lateness and gave him a written warning. This year I’m probably not going to see him until Thursday, he’s going to need to start looking for a new job.”
