According to a study commissioned by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI), the Monday immediately following New Years is the most stressful and depressing day of the entire calendar year.

With the holidays long gone and everyone left with mildly lobotomizing hangovers, there’s almost nothing to look forward to in the coming weeks.

No Christmas. No holiday time off. Nothing.

The only things January will bring are cold weather (if you’re from the North), painful reminders of the economic downturn and a looming feeling of dread because Valentine’s Day is coming up and you’re still single.

The Telegraph explains:

[January] will leave people more likely to become irritated by the slightest things.

 

According to researchers the most common complaints are the sounds of colleagues eating noisily, which annoys nearly a quarter of people.

 

This is followed by sniffing, an irritant to 26 per cent and talking too loudly on the phone, which was cited by 21 percent.

 

But rather than bottling up frustrations, experts are urging workers to rant and rave to relieve the tension.

I hereby dub today, January 5th, “Scream at Your Coworker” Day.

Just be sure to scream at someone beneath you on the corporate totem pole.