The Post Office leave a “while you were out” card but they only hold parcels for 18 days, “every one of which I’ve been at work”, so his partner’s birthday present is returned to sender. He falls asleep sitting on a stool, waiting to perform an operation. He falls asleep in his car while waiting at traffic lights. He has eight missed calls from his partner: “This year we’re doing Christmas on my next day off: the sixth of January”. One Christmas Eve, Kay is so exhausted that he falls asleep in his car and is woken the next morning by the registrar calling to ask why he’s late for his Christmas Day shift.
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