For many people, Tuesday marked the return to work after the holidays. And for some of us, the barrage of endless emails and meetings was a rude awakening. Work is back, and so are its headaches.
Below, take a look at some of the funniest tweets that capture the plight of professionals getting back to the grind.
The worries started the night before...
why do i have to go back to work tomorrow pic.twitter.com/zlTQ1tCFXI
— 𝚑𝚒𝚜𝚙𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚌 𝚙𝚒𝚡𝚒𝚎 𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚖 𝚐𝚒𝚛𝚕 (@mathewrodriguez) January 2, 2023
I gotta work tomorrow? like, my job??? I have had 17 straight days off you expect me to remember what it is I do for a living
— whit (@whitneyarner) January 3, 2023
... and continued once people hit the office (whether virtually or in person).
Looking at my email and Slack after being out of office since December 16 pic.twitter.com/c7MSX60NDN
— Ted Chill 🥶 (@tedhill) January 3, 2023
back to work today after 10 days off pic.twitter.com/IrwiufHmVj
— bethany (@fiImgal) January 3, 2023
Going back to work after being off since before Christmas pic.twitter.com/470ArPwN9g
— Sopranos Memes (@timeimmemorial_) January 2, 2023
Me being shocked that I have to return to work after being off for two weeks..... pic.twitter.com/S9MrKZOLlz
— Sharelle B. (@_SharelleB) January 3, 2021
Me at work tomorrow for the first time in two weeks trying to remember what it is I do. pic.twitter.com/GS3IsbFs4p
— b (@the_petshopboy) January 3, 2023
I can’t be the only one who lowkey forgets what they do for a living after taking more than a week off work
— dana (@dmicheleeee) December 30, 2020
Anyone remember my work password
— Sean Bernard (@seanbgoneill) January 4, 2021
Looking at my work calendar tryna to figure out who had the AUDACITY to schedule all these January meetings?
— Kayla Lightner (@LightnerKayla) January 3, 2021
**Spolier**
It was me. pic.twitter.com/00RjDtgdZq
me opening my work inbox on the first monday back pic.twitter.com/SxLn5HRvoi
— rachel syme (@rachsyme) January 4, 2021
me, trying to remember how to work the first monday of the year pic.twitter.com/aVYbz1op07
— Rachel Paige (@rachmeetsworld) January 4, 2021
Me going back to work for the first time in 3 weeks https://t.co/kSZnE1z9d9
— Rick MacDonnell (@RickMacDonnell) January 4, 2021
The worst part of going back to work tomorrow (after 2 weeks) is how everyone will start every call by saying, “Feeling recharged?” pic.twitter.com/19OE0K97vF
— Khalid El Khatib (@kmelkhat) January 3, 2021
Going back to work at the same table you’ve been sat at all Christmas pic.twitter.com/ZZgXt95FQ7
— Loveofhuns x (@loveofhuns) January 4, 2021
do not email me i am not ready pic.twitter.com/PY9Ns3QxkV
— Jill Gutowitz (@jillboard) January 4, 2021
when you realize it’s time to “circle back after the holiday break” pic.twitter.com/EMi7hgf8or
— priya patel (@puhreeyah) January 3, 2023
Can’t believe I have to go back to work when the soft animal of my body was only just starting to love what it loves
— Luke Kennard (@LukeKennard) January 3, 2023
PSA: When I said “let’s pick it up in the new year” I meant from Monday 9th.
— Nancy Adimora (@NancAdimora) January 3, 2023
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