Nah! I wasn't serious about the P45 - I work in the Payroll team anyway and we're the ones who issue them! However, I have been (and continue to be) pretty vocal at work when it comes to animal welfare issues. I sometimes think I could get myself into trouble because I get so damn angry and upset. I'm going to end up as one of those mad old biddies, constantly covered in dog and rabbit hair, living in a house over-run with animals!!
I work at the Foreign Office and naturally, I mix with people who have worked at the British Embassies overseas. One lady I worked with was in China for 3 years. She told me some awful animal welfare stories such as live snake restaurants and 'deep fried chick on a stick' as a snack! The worst story she told me was about a Foreign Office member of staff who had recently arrived at Post with his Wife and two small children. As they were going to be there for 4 years, they decided to get each child a kitten (let's not even discuss that one). They went to a market with the kids and picked out two kittens from the stall holder, who then proceeded to break the kitten's necks infront of the kids. The stallholder was selling them for meat!! I stopped buying anything made in China for a while but it's near on impossible to do that these days - EVERYTHING seems to be made in China.