Jackhammering, sniffles and gum chewing

I'm in the office trying to write a report – not my home office (sigh), but the real one, the one where I've been spending every single working day over the last three years. Actually, I'm lying. We have moved into brand new offices two weeks ago; in fact they're so new that they're not even finished! The carpet has been laid down, we have beautiful shiny new desks, and a pedestal each for storing things. Okay, the meeting room doors have no handles yet (I love watching staff knocking on the ...