Don't be fooled into thinking Valentine's Day is a private affair - a time for you and your significant other to indulge in the kind of sappiness you would normally frown upon. The highlight of the day for all right-minded workers is not a salmon steak and a glass of champagne at 9pm, but a bacon sarnie and a latte at 9am. When it falls on a weekday, as it does this year, February 14 is a boon for office gossip.
Who had 12 red roses delivered to her desk but wouldn't let anyone else read the card? Which two of your colleagues are acting "surprised" to find cards in their pigeonholes this morning? Which married members of staff are either a) dashing round in a blind panic and hitting refresh on the Interflora website like fury, or b) stomping through the office in an unexplained grump, breaking the heads of the aforementioned roses?
All human life is here folks, so do you sit back and enjoy the spectacle of romance on or off the rocks? Or do you think there is no place for love hearts, or broken hearts, in the workplace. Crack open the chocolate kisses and share your views. Better yet, vote in our poll.
