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Memories of office life

Writers' and readers' love letters to office life

21 January 2022

  • UA 175, the second plane, approaches the World Trade Center on the morning of 11 September 2001

    Memories of office life: on 9/11, we walked through a wormhole separating before from after

  • Colleagues holding hands surreptitiously in a lift

    ‘We get married in spring!’ Readers’ favourite memories of office life

20 January 2022

  • Young people playing cards (posed my models)

    Memories of office life: at 20 and blind, my workmates pranked me mercilessly – and I loved it

    The first time I worked in an office, I was the boss of a group of sceptical youngsters. They looked for my weak spots – then became my first full-sighted friends

19 January 2022

  • Young woman and man having fun on rooftop above city

    Memories of office life: as a temp, I was self-conscious and disillusioned – until John arrived

  • Man working in a call centre (posed by model)

    Memories of office life: at the call centre, every customer interaction became a prank

18 January 2022

  • Making a cup of tea in an office

    Memories of office life: I demanded a decent cup of tea – and sparked a workplace feud

    Now that I work from my boat, I miss the comfort of the office – and the long-running war I waged over my contraband kettle and illicit cider
  • Trader looking at computer screens

    Memories of office life: I hid under my desk, screaming down the phone at my husband

    New to marriage and my job, an almighty row threatened both. But my colleagues’ stoic determination to ignore the cacophony was the silver lining
  • Two colleagues in a dark office at night (posed by models)

    Memories of office life: I was trapped in the longest, most anarchic meeting of my life

    I had always done my best to avoid ‘all-nighters’ – but as the hours spun out I began to enjoy the surreal experience
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