Bloke Who Scoffed At Colleagues Taking Friday Off, Now Sitting Viciously Hungover At Desk

HOLIDAY HANGOVER.
Logan Renney, 28, is paying the ultimate price this morning.
The Auckland property valuer was adamant earlier this week that anyone taking today off was “soft as hell” and just looking for an excuse to milk a four-day weekend.
Hungover Woman Who Arrived Home at 4AM Guilt-Cleans House To Pretend She Has It Together

FRESH START.
Gabrielle Shaw, a 26-year-old Wellington woman, awoke this morning to the cruel reality of blinding sunlight combined with haunting flashbacks of a night on Courtenay Place.
“This Is The Last Time” Says Woman, Already Lying To Herself About 2025 Detox

FINISHING STRONG.
Sophie Anderson, 28, of Auckland, has officially declared that tonight’s New Year’s Eve will be her final indulgence in “bad decisions and excessive drinking” before embarking on a serious, no-excuses, life-changing detox in 2025.
Bloke Loosely Points To “The Silly Season” To Justify Fourth Night At The Pub This Week

WHEELS COMING OFF.
Christchurch man Jordan Evans, 31, has fully embraced the chaos of December by clocking up an impressive streak of pub visits.
Drunk Woman In Town Becomes Best Friends With Toilet Stranger

BATHROOM BONDS.
Millie Inglis, 27, found herself in an all too familiar last night: waiting in line at the women’s bathroom at Fat Eddie’s Bar in Christchurch, desperately trying to hold it together after a few too many at the bar.
One Beer After Work On Friday Once Again Results In Bloke Coming Home At 2 AM

LIKE CLOCKWORK.
Ryan Keats, a 29-year-old tradie from Christchurch once again found himself stumbling through the door in the early hours of Saturday morning after promising his girlfriend Sophie he’d “just have one.”
Local Bloke Putting Back His Sixth Beer Claims He’ll Get Up For Dawn Service

GOOD INTENTIONS!
Jake Symons, 26, has fooled absolutely nobody after making the outlandish claim that he’ll be getting up at the crack of dawn on a public holiday for the Anzac service.
Local Piss Head Who Says “I’ll Be Fine If I Stick To The Beers” Definitely Won’t Be Fine

JUST A QUIET ONE.
In a classic case of misguided confidence, a man from Hastings is adamant that he will have a perfectly controlled night out at the Cru Bar by sticking to just beer and avoiding spirits.
Experts predict that this plan will inevitably backfire, resulting in a night of chaos and a painful hangover the next day.
Meet Dave, a self-proclaimed “hearty drinker” who firmly believes that as long as he stays away from the “strong stuff,” he’ll be able to maintain composure throughout the evening.
Local Man Believes The 12 Beers Ravaging His Insides Will Vanish After A Sluggish 5k Run

GORDON LIGHTFOOT | Culture RUNNING AWAY FROM THE HANGOVER Enthusiastic runner Isaac Holmes lied to himself and those around him this morning as he laced up his New Balances for his morning run. His claim was that despite having a life-altering hangover from a dozen plus beers the night before, he would be able to […]
Man Has Absolutely No Intention Of Checking Out Of Hotel Before 10 AM

The receptionist at Wellington’s Oriental Plaza may as well have kept the check-out time to herself when Mike Gillespie turned up on Friday afternoon.
Gillespie, 29, checked into the hotel ahead of his mate Steve’s stag do in the city. Gillespie had happily signed up for minimal sober hours during a two-day pub crawl along Wellington’s Courtenay Place and beyond.
Katie Billingsley, the 24 year old who was working on reception at the time, explained to the Whakataki Times that she may as well have just handed Gillespie his room key without a word. Then at least he could just march himself up to his room without having to lie to her face about 10 o’clock Sunday being an achievable checkout time.