21st March, 2009 - Ten Things I Hate About My Job #7

Immoveable deadlines are one of the occupational hazards. People must get their keys on a particular day; court appearances must be made; actions must be raised before the time bar. It is this issue of critical deadlines that probably create most of the stress in my job.

And sometimes they stack up in an unavoidable way that makes you need to stay in the office far too late when you want to be watching a re-run of "Zoolander".