She got off!
Thanks to a morning dental appointment with a telecon scheduled right afer it, I'm working from home today. Remember the scene in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix after Harry's trial where Ginny, Fred, and Gearge Weasley are doing a happy weasel-dance around the kitchen table, chanting "He got off! He got off! He got off!" That's about my reaction to working at home.
Why?
- For some reason it feels like a vacation, but I still get as much or more work done, so there's no post-vacation workpile hangover.
- I don't have to spend 8-10 hours under fluorescent lights
- Supermarket sushi or even a can of Campbel's beats the hell out of cafeteria food (I'm terrible about taking lunch).
- The chairs are more comfortable. If I want to I can unplug my laptop and go sprawl on a sofa.
- I can do whatever I want during breaks.
- Cleaner bathrooms with softer toilet paper.
- Better snack food and provisions for cooking.
- No traffic. No time wasted in traffic.
- No one cares if I knit while on the phone.
- Cats are often better company than coworkers.
- Bigger rooms - less feeling closed in.
- Windows.
- Quiet. No other people yelling into speakerphones with their doors open. (This and the lack of fluourescent lights may be the two biggest reasons home is more relaxing.)
- I can listen to any music I ant. Mostly I don't, but I could. More important, I can sing along. I can sing along even if not listening to music.
And that's just the short top-of-my-head list. She got off! She got off!
Posted by dichroic at February 24, 2005 01:50 PM