Dom Joly has helped create a hilarious comedy skit that highlights the everyday struggles of small business owners.
In classic Joly style, the comedian, best known for Trigger Happy TV, plays an overwhelmed entrepreneur, juggling endless work calls and client demands while trying to carve out a moment of peace.
The sketch, created in partnership with Air Landline, brings humour to the problem of work-life balance that many business owners face.
It comes after a survey commissioned by the virtual landline company found 16 per cent always feel like they’re on-call 24/7.
And 50 per cent will respond to a message received out of office hours within 30 minutes, if not immediately.
A spokesperson for Air Landline said: “Being your own boss sounds great in theory, but the reality is that it often means you're working even harder.
“You're not just managing the business, you're deeply involved in every decision, from the small details to the big picture.”
In classic Joly style, the comedian, best known for Trigger Happy TV, plays an overwhelmed entrepreneur, juggling endless work calls and client demands while trying to carve out a moment of peace.
The sketch, created in partnership with Air Landline, brings humour to the problem of work-life balance that many business owners face.
It comes after a survey commissioned by the virtual landline company found 16 per cent always feel like they’re on-call 24/7.
And 50 per cent will respond to a message received out of office hours within 30 minutes, if not immediately.
A spokesperson for Air Landline said: “Being your own boss sounds great in theory, but the reality is that it often means you're working even harder.
“You're not just managing the business, you're deeply involved in every decision, from the small details to the big picture.”
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00:00Hang on. Talk to me Tony. What? What?
00:07Oh Jesus, they've absolutely, sorry, they've screwed something up here.
00:12You what? You're telling me you've lost 600 monkeys in Dusseldorf?
00:19You are joking. What? Who's in charge of that operation?
00:27If it's Brian, he's out. Yeah, I'm telling you that right now.
00:30Don't export anything through Germany. Little f***ing sausage munching b******.
00:35I'm Percy. Business guy, business guru. I'm good at what I do.
00:41I'm nice, I'm fair, but I'm also hard. Not, well that sounded rough.
00:45You have till midday to get me those marsupials back, yeah, or you're out. I don't care.
00:50I've got a diverse portfolio basically. I can put my fingers on anything and make it bleed money.
00:56Where are the monkeys now then? Dusseldorf. Stuck in the docks.
01:00They're in a container and they haven't got through customs and I don't know what we're going to do.
01:04Because I needed them delivered on Monday to Swindon.
01:08I mean I think everybody needs to be in touch all the time. We live in a 24 hour, 365 day society.
01:13You've got to jump on that. You've got to have a meeting. You've got to sort it out.
01:19Yes, what is it? I'm actually in a cathedral at the moment, so trying to get a little bit of, well, peace.
01:29Yeah. What? He's here?
01:33I work for Percy. I work for him. He's a great boss. Really great guy.
01:37He pays me, you know, when he can.
01:42What is it? It's gone. It's all gone.
01:46What's gone? The money. What are you talking about?
01:49It's all gone. We don't have any money.
01:53What are you talking about?
01:55The bailiffs, they hate that. They've taken all...
01:58What are you talking about?
02:00I don't know. They've taken all my things. They've taken my children.
02:05What? Why didn't you do that? I leave you for one second.
02:10We're in queue four. We've just lost everything.
02:15We're in queue four. I told you about this already.
02:18I thought there was a queue five.
02:19Yeah, for Percy, it's all about work-life balance.
02:22Work-life balance is something woke pussies do, to be honest.
02:26I mean, what's work-life balance mean? My life is my work, so my work-life balance is 100%.
02:31100% work, 0% play, 0% pussy.
02:35I mean, I'm married, but I don't mean it in that way.
02:38I'm literally in my wits' end.
02:42I can't right now. He's here. There he is.
02:50My wife and I, you know, we bicker occasionally.
02:53Are you lovers or something? What's going on here?
02:55No, we've just got a meeting. We've got to do a meeting.
02:57You're just fuckers, aren't you? What is it? You want work or sex?
03:01I need to take a meeting right now and then maybe sex later. I don't know.
03:05PHONE RINGS
03:08Yes, hello?
03:09I don't understand it. He carries a landline phone around with him, which is just mad.
03:14Mobile phones are for losers, drug dealers, hippies.
03:17You need a landline, otherwise you're just a waste of space.
03:22We've got cheese problems. The P&L is absolutely gone.
03:26What do you mean? It's tanked.
03:28The body's falling out the market, OK? Cheese is gone?
03:31I get it. A landline number looks more professional,
03:34but you can't carry a landline phone around with you.
03:36We're in Q3. You should have sorted this out. Go. Thank you.
03:41Jesus.
03:45I'm in truth time. You know, I'm fine. I'm absolutely brilliant at stuff,
03:50but I've not been feeling mentally fully there.
03:53You don't know where self-help books are, do you?
03:56I'm having about this close to a breakdown.
03:59He should get a virtual business number for his mobile.
04:02He should set custom open hours so people don't harass him.
04:06And, of course, you can get one from Air Landline.
04:08Air Landline? Yes, for your mobile phone.
04:10What are you even connected to?
04:12He said I had to get rid of the actual landline.
04:15And what's the point of having a landline if you haven't got one?
04:18Oh! Shit, I just ran over a child.
04:21I don't need this. No.
04:23Well, what would I do with it? Get rid of it. Really?
04:27Just like that? Yeah.
04:31I have! It feels great!
04:33It's amazing! There you go. That's good.
04:36That's Air Landline for you. I like this.
04:39Someone should make an ad about this.
04:41It would be a fine thing. Yeah, that wouldn't fucking happen.