I hate

My counterpoint is that they could move either home or job, if it’s not really working out. It’s not a company’s responsibility to make sure employees can get into offices when required.

I’m sympathetic in most regards re work, but getting there on time is just being an adult.

Sure. But both are big changes, especially with a partner and/or family. And they joined expecting 2 days in the office (Fwiw in this case they are planning to move).

Just making the point that sometimes other events unexpectedly impact things. E.g. I've wfh more than I'm meant to recently as my OH has been ill.

I am sure that all the other people referenced in anecdotes are arseholes.

Last office job (Southbank, London) I had colleagues who lived in (amongst other places) Cornwall, Coventry and Brussels.

Most just did their 2 days/week in the office staying with mates or a cheap hotel.

Another colleague would do a two week routine of Thu/Fri+weekend+Mon/Tue to get their mandatory 2 days/week in.

Most of the time the people we/they worked with weren't in the office for the same days, or they weren't even based in the same office/country/continent.

I loved my two days a week in the office as the 8 mile run/cycle commute was great for my fitness, plus I played 5-a-side one evening close to work so it made sense.

A spare set of wheels with spiked tyres meant I could cycle commute even in the coldest/snowiest/frozenest weather.

Now I'm fully remote I miss my commute and doing a fake commute just doesn't have the same motivation.

I’m in a bad place, so grumpy.

You make fair points - I guess I’m a bit worn out by the usual suspects here taking the piss.

Absolutely. Especially when you have to cover.

^^ this is the thing I morn the most about moving the burbs. Before hand for most of my working life I walked or cycled to work.

I'm sure we've covered this but arbitrary days of the week you need to be in the office.

Meetings- Teams
Collaboration - everyone has their headphones on
Well being - really?

Impromptu meetings - everyone grabs laptop, oh it would be good if I could screenshare to talk you through it, fuck the laptop screen is small, I'll connect it to the big screen, shit why's it not working, oh you have to login to your vm, just give me a sec, wtf is wrong with the space bar on this keyboard

If it's not in my diary and i have more important things to do it's not going to happen.

Washing up liquid on the threads helps to get them in.

Evri 'rate your delivery'. You have one job and for the first time didn't fuck up, now you want your arse kissed?

I have sent you a formal offer of half my kingdom and my daughters' hand in marriage in gratitude. I sent it by Evri, so please check behind the bins three doors away in about a month.

the applause throughout a political speech

applause and whooping after every fucking sentence... give it a rest you twonks, they just said the word " economy " it's not worthy of 10 seconds of adulation

usually american politicians but just heard a bit of starmers speech the crowd just didn't stop

Odd.

It didn't feel like that watching the whole thing

i think he was summing up at the end of the speech and the clip was only 10 seconds long tbf

As someone who works in manufacturing, I can't relate to the work attendance stories at all. At my place, 5 mins late and you will be asked to consider how to be on time in future, 3 absences (including illness) and you attend an interview with some form to fill in. Not coming in when you are told to is not a thing. Wife has same stories as above that during lockdown, people moved, sold cars, bought puppies and now, oh! They can't make it in, even for two days a week. There seems to be no way to enforce any attendance rules. Not sure which one I prefer.

But can you do twice as much manufacturing at home, and still be able to walk the puppy, dance with your children in the kitchen to radio 6 and make sourdough?

5hrs each way

Fuck that with a brick. Commuting, I hate.

Which is why, when I was looking for work, it was within a 5km radius. Although the week I started, I hear a rumour it'll only be here until the lease runs out in a year, and then, ???

Dammit

Trying to make a coffee before I've had a coffee.

Rushing trying to get things done before leaving this morning and I wondered why the coffee was so hard to press and the hot water to pre warm my travel cup had already got cold. Forgot to actually boil the kettle 🤦

In the end my OH is too ill to do the school run, so I'm sacking off the office and now enjoying an microwaved underbrewed coffee. Hopefully it will assist me with making the next ones.

Find that getting coffee wrong quite annoying, as I have no one else to blame but me.

Getting up at 5 am this morning to get into town, across town and on a train to York for a work conference.

I used to live 23 miles from work. Home was a city and the office a Portakabin in the middle of nowhere. Each journey was bike-train-train-bike and I’m pretty sure I was never late in.

If you want praise, you’re in the wrong place.

and I’m pretty sure I was never late in.

And now in hindsight you hate yourself for it?

When the washing machine is beeping incessantly to let me know it’s finished, but also won’t unlock the door for 5 mins

Can I just say, the bashing people who live far from the office, as someone who hasn't gone in this week when they should've, I feel very seen

I'm feeling slightly off and think it's viral but no doubt have the odd colleague who is thinking I'm taking the mick

Why not gift them a virus? Maybe they learn something?