I've had to work 48 hours straight many times a year or longer. Sometimes been up straight for more hours than I could keep count. These people can't even do it once in four years? Even if they're lazybodies they never had a party that went on late into the night?

Sorry, I'm not buying it. Contact their parents. I bet you it'll be the first time in their lives suddenly they know their bedtime. Their parents will rejoice.