The modern practice of "hotdesking", in which staff sit at different desks every week, means that workers do not know who has been using their keyboard before them.

Meanwhile, 56% of office workers revealed that they had returned to their desk drunk after lunchtime beverages and 31% said that they had pulled out of a meeting to remain in the pub.

Desk rage refers to the peak of office employee stress levels which ultimately starts with the screaming of vulgar language within the workplace.