I also had a sharp intake of breath at the guy actually admitting he wasted an hour of work time.
How could he, particularly when you consider his reason was only trying to get a tickets for a CL game?
I mean what next? Two hours sourcing a good hairdresser? The best Sushi restaurant? Trying to make up with his partner after a Barney caused by drink? :)
Wasting work time? One hour? :)
Back in he day I would arrange away trips to Europe that took all day including flights, hotel and taxis from airport. I'm a Celtic fan so out of the 14 trips we made using work time, we only drew twice, got beat by Stuttgart but progressed, the rest we were trounced. Loved everyone of them though, but obviously racked with guilt at taking so much work time to make all the arrangements.
Oh the shame :)