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Robbie Griffiths

TWaT culture be damned, I miss Friday night fun

Thank God it’s Friday? Not quite like we used to, it seems. New stats show Fridays are now almost as quiet as weekends in the City of London. Footfall elsewhere in the capital is down too.

Having got used to it during lockdowns, most people now only go to the office on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursdays, making us TWaTs (not a slur, just the acronym). Working from home is great: staying in bed until the last possible moment, or not getting out at all. But what’s lost is the kind of fun Friday night that’s made extra cathartic by being set free from the office after a hard week of work.

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