A few years back I asked if could reduce my work to four days. My boss at the time, who was rather more forthright than most, basically said 'you're not female, you're not pregnant or coming back from maternity leave - so there's no chance'. And that about summed up the attitude then. Come...
Unless it's the annoying Man Utd fan in my office who's behind me. He tends to find that the door closes slightly quicker than he was expecting, but I don't think he's worked out why yet!!