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pfitz59

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11. WFH and Home-schooling suffer from the same disease, lack of Socialization.

Reply to appalachiablue (Original post)

Tue Oct 27, 2020, 07:38 PM

Oct 2020

Our daily physical interactions 'humanize' us. We stink, we swear, we make mistakes. We share victories, failures, heat-aches and joys. We eat lunch together and gossip about absent co-workers. We are tribal. Zoom cannot make up for smelling the sweat rolling down someone's face as they bite into the hot chili hidden in the lunch buffet. I do not want to live my life in isolation. Might as well be living in "The Matrix".

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WFH, Work From Home Is Proving To Be A Revolution In Our Way of Life [View all] appalachiablue Oct 2020 OP

K&R Blue Owl Oct 2020 #1

It is certainly true. drray23 Oct 2020 #2

In my heavy career years it was heaven to get a day off appalachiablue Oct 2020 #4

Except, of course, for those who don't have that option. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2020 #3

For the most part, murielm99 Oct 2020 #5

I wouldn't get used to it sadly Thyla Oct 2020 #6

im not so sure. drray23 Oct 2020 #7

Well my wifes workplace must have missed that memo Thyla Oct 2020 #8

Oh yes not everbody gets it. drray23 Oct 2020 #9

Yeah it is much closer to old world thinking over here Thyla Oct 2020 #10

WFH and Home-schooling suffer from the same disease, lack of Socialization. pfitz59 Oct 2020 #11

Loud and clear, got it but things seem to be moving steadily appalachiablue Oct 2020 #12

prior to the pandemic I did both Skittles Oct 2020 #13