Being part of the herd still trumps merits of isolation

Okay, so I’m not a frontline worker or even close to having ‘a proper job’ but newspapers crept under the umbrella of workplace locations where it was legal to be able to operate from the normal place of employment.  If I had a euro for every time someone said to me: “Sure, you’re sound, you can work from home,” then I’d have enough of cash put away to enjoy a weekend in the sun at places like Roundstone, Bundoran or Killarney.

So, technology and such things as Zoom, have given us the methodology to be able to sit down at some quiet corner of the house where all alone, we can poke away at a keyboard, far removed from the world of real human contact.

There’s even learned studies to show us that by working from home — where this is practical — can lead to a more efficient and productive out from the human unit, where the drudgery of the daily commute is eliminated and office distractions are minimised.

Some employees of modern social media goblins like Twitter will have no choice but to work from home so little nooks and crannies will have to be found for all the service points to find a home such as broadband, hard-drives and maybe even the odd printer.

I’ve been told that this is such an obvious ‘no-brainer’ that I should jump at the opportunity of clicking away from home with the same enthusiasm as a cat pouncing on a mouse who has lost his way. By working from home, there’s no need for the big personal tidy-up each morning or in putting on a shirt and pants that looks vaguely respectable . .  you can potter about the house in your slippers (don’t have any) or your wellies or even in your bare feet if the house is warm and the carpet is new.

Well over five million Americans are now estimated to be working from the so-called comfort of their own homes supposedly saving money every day by not having to buy lunches or coffees or to fork out loads of dollars on gasoline to fuel their previous daily commutes.

For more, read this week’s Connacht Tribune.

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