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Iggo

(47,558 posts)
22. It's the commute. You're right. Complete waste of time.
Sun Jun 13, 2021, 01:51 PM
Jun 2021

Before the stay-home, I woke up at 5:30 (5:00 if I was taking the bus) so I could roll into the office at 7:00. Now I sleep til 6:30 (and you know sometimes it’s 6:59…lol).

Before the stay-home, I’d clock out at 4:00 and begin the 45 minute to an hour drive home (afternoon traffic is way worse than morning traffic). If I’m taking the bus home, count me out for dinner. We’re talking an hour and 15 minutes minimum, and that’s if everything goes perfectly, which happens about twice a year. Most days it’s an hour and a half to an hour and 45 minutes or more. And I am NOT a happy camper when I get home. Now I clock out at 4:00, and five seconds later I’m in my living room playing with my 5 year old nephew. A little fatter, but to say that I’m significantly less stressed would be the understatement of the millennium.

Definitely don't "Toobin" it. hlthe2b Jun 2021 #1
Ouch! Larissa Jun 2021 #10
Outside of some hospitals and pharmacies... Hugin Jun 2021 #2
Not Universally True ProfessorGAC Jun 2021 #21
I bet they're not having too much trouble getting the workers back... Hugin Jun 2021 #25
Correct ProfessorGAC Jun 2021 #26
My wife is a scientist Clash City Rocker Jun 2021 #3
I doubt they need to be back 5 days a week. Renew Deal Jun 2021 #5
That's quite the assumption. TwilightZone Jun 2021 #6
Why are we assuming the employer is right? Renew Deal Jun 2021 #18
They might have been on the Paycheck Protection Program Klaralven Jun 2021 #7
She's not asking them to go in five days a week Clash City Rocker Jun 2021 #9
Why are we assuming the employer is right? Renew Deal Jun 2021 #17
The employer is paying these employees to go in the lab Clash City Rocker Jun 2021 #23
It's not really right/wrong, it's I pay you and I want you to work in this location. nt EX500rider Jun 2021 #24
On the flip side, I am also a scientist DenaliDemocrat Jun 2021 #20
Both Sides Here ProfessorGAC Jun 2021 #27
Most employers Elessar Zappa Jun 2021 #14
Your wife and any other working person in this thread should check out this article. Renew Deal Jun 2021 #19
My peeps and I are more productive.... paleotn Jun 2021 #4
So true for me DownriverDem Jun 2021 #8
Here in the US we have 91 million people working from home. PatrickforB Jun 2021 #11
Taxation is a mess Klaralven Jun 2021 #12
Our company just had its best year ever. Iggo Jun 2021 #13
I have to start back in the office 50% of the time starting next week Mad_Machine76 Jun 2021 #15
It's the commute. You're right. Complete waste of time. Iggo Jun 2021 #22
I've worked from home for 17 years! Happy Hoosier Jun 2021 #16
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