My favourite moment from my favourite film is when the skies open and the rain comes pouring down in The Sound of Music. Seven hostile children cower on the bed of their new governess, who gives them a lesson in her favourite things in life. “Raindrops on roses, and whiskers on kittens,” she starts to sing. In an instant their hostility is swept away and they become so over-excited that they start ripping down the floral curtains so that she can make romper suits from the fabric.

I tried to recreate this happy scene on a drizzly day in the office last week by asking colleagues to name their favourite things about being at work. They looked blank. “Going home?” they suggested. “Being left alone to get on with work?”