At the beginning of lockdown, one of my colleagues started a WhatsApp group titled “Corona Coffee Break”. This was in an attempt to have the mindless conversations that we would usually have around the coffee machine in the morning. All went well until one day we had a whole discussion about which mops are the best. We were all at home at that time, with our spouses and pets and children (everything was closed), and us privileged little office workers were confronted with the fact that we had to mop our own floors. Never in our entire lives would we have had a discussion around the coffee machine that campaigned for the specific bucket that was required and the best plan for pet hair. But there we were.
The Engineer started going back to his office every day towards the end of last year. He said that altough he loves working from home for various reasons, it is just better to be in the office. He also predicted that their CEO will summon them back soon anyway. So off he went with his lunchbox and laptop bag.
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