I worked from home today, which was great, and also not so great.
Bonus: At 9:00, I put down the paper, walked around the couch and sat down at my computer. Take that 270, you traffic clogged nightmare!
Bummer: By 9:02, I was wondering why the remote login wasn’t working. After getting two people to restart my computer for me (a task that required them to find someone to open my locked office for them), and two calls to IT (who suggested I try logging on under my maiden name, because I’ve only been married for three and a half years now!) I finally got logged on to my computer at work. I still don’t know how I did it. The IT guys are very nice, but I think they think I’m an idiot.
Bonus: With fewer interruptions, I got a ton of work done.
Bummer: With fewer interruptions, I worked pretty much nonstop all day. No chatting with coworkers, no poking around online at lunch, no goofing off at all!
Bonus: Lunch was a delicious grilled cheese sandwich prepared by me, just the way I like it.
Bummer: With the kitchen right there and no distractions, I was tempted to go grab a snack every 15 minutes. I didn’t. But I was tempted.
Bonus: 2:30 belly rub break with one Seamus hound. Don’t get to do that at the office.
Bummer: Tripping over the dog and totally wiping out while running for the phone. See, I was eating my grilled cheese sandwich when the phone rang, and there is no phone in the living room. Just yesterday Mr. Seamus proved that he is not to be trusted with food on the coffee table when he made off with a whole stick of butter (although it was hysterical to see him clutching the butter in his paws and gnawing on it) so I couldn’t just leave the sandwich in the living room. But because I had the sandwich in my hand, he would not get the hell out of the way, and down I went. I did manage to get to the phone at least.
Bonus: I spent the day barefoot, dressed in yoga pants and a 15 year old hoodie, with my hair in a ponytail.
Bummer: There is no downside to that.
All in all, working from home was nice. Dress code joy and my delight in the lack of a commute aside, I don’t think I’d want to do it every day. But today was a good day.
um, I'm thinking the good FAR outweighed the bad-- and, am still trying to imagine a dog with a stick of butter! jesus-- that 's funny.
I agree that the good far outweighs the bad, but I also agree that it stinks that there are no co-workers to chat with when you work from home. Every time I telecommute I drive my husband nuts by calling him about 5 million times as opposed to my usual 1. But, working from the couch in comfy clothes? Nothing can top that.