Had to pick between finishing a show or sleeping, I made the wrong call

Last Thursday I was on episode 7 of a 10-episode crime drama at 11 PM. My alarm was set for 5:30 because I had a crew starting at a job site in Oakville. I told myself I'd watch one more episode, then two more, and by the time the credits rolled on episode 10 it was 4 in the morning. I showed up to work on two hours of sleep and spent the whole day mixing paint colors wrong because my brain was fried. My foreman kept asking if I was hungover and I just had to admit I was hungover on plot twists instead. Has anyone else ever torpedoed a work day because a show got too good to pause?

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chen.fiona1mo ago

The "hungover on plot twists" thing hit me hard, @rose_grant78. I did the same thing with a show about a missing hiker and showed up to my accounting job the next day running on fumes. I kept messing up simple numbers and my boss thought I had a problem. Your weekend rule is smart, I might steal it for myself. Next time I'll just wait until Saturday to start anything that good.

rose_grant781mo ago

The whole "hungover on plot twists" thing is too real. I've started checking how many episodes are left before I even hit play on anything now, if its more than 4 I just wait for the weekend.