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LONDON -- When you have Bad Detective: Food Chain [Uncut]your period at work, the struggle could not be more real, or more painful. Given half a chance, many of us would prefer to stay holed up in bed with a hot water bottle.

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Whether you're to-ing and fro-ing to the bathroom with a bag in tow, or trying with all your might to conceal the agony you're experiencing; having your period at work is a complicated, energy-sapping experience.

Here are eight thoughts we all have when we have our period at work ...

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1. I want to die

Well done me. I've made it to the office, but I feel like death. Honestly, I deserve a medal just for showing up today. Coffee, Tylenol and chocolate please.

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2. Can I nap here?

So tired. Why isn't there a nap room here? I wonder if anyone would notice if I slept under my desk.

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3. Gah, why is my handbag so big?

Time to go to the loo. Let's see if I can leave my desk without everyone seeing me lug this giant handbag with me.

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4. Stop asking me questions!

Dammit. Why did my annoying colleague Sharon have to ask me where I was going? I'm going nowhere, Sharon. Nowhere. What is this, the Spanish inquisition?

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5. Take a picture, it'll last longer.

Now I have to come back looking nonchalant AF. What are you looking at Simon from Accounting? Yes, I have a uterus. Deal with it.

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6. I am in so. much. pain.

Ugh. These cramps are killing me. How am I supposed to get any work done while my abdomen feels like it's being stabbed by a thousand knives at once.

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7. I am not -- I repeat -- not getting coffee.

Time to go to the loo again. No, Dave, I'm not going to get coffee. I have my period, OK? Go away.

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8. Why can't I have my own personal cupboard here?

Wouldn't it be great if I could have my own personal cupboard in the restroom? Then I wouldn't have to haul this bag back and forth.

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