My uncle - a timid man - worked for the same company for 25 years, doing the same job (making the same item on a machine, day after day for 25 years), was made redundant. His wife was delighted! They would get thousands in redundancy pay - and he could easily get another job. His married children visited, bringing their children ... a "party-like" atmosphere developed - which was abruptly disrupted by my uncle going berserk and smashing up the house. The family dog intervened - and was thrown, full-force, through the (closed) window.