This is the maximum length your commute should be before it makes you miserable

It’s not exactly the most pleasant start to the day (Picture: Getty Images)

We’ve all been there, standing shoulder-to-shoulder on a delayed train or crawling past brake lights on the motorway, watching the minutes tick away while fantasising about being back in bed.

For most of us, getting to the office is just an unfortunate necessity.

And with office attendance at its highest level since before the Covid-19 pandemic, chances are, you’re making that journey numerous times a week.

But at what point does a morning journey stop being a mild annoyance and officially start draining the joy out ...