Do you socialize with your neighbors if you WFH?

[Anonymous]

I guess I'm confused. I've been a SAHM, and a WOHM, but I only WAH'd during the pandemic.

Being a SAHM or WOHM hasn't prevented me from getting to know my neighbors, so I'm not sure what's unique about being a WAHM that would prevent it.

[Anonymous]

Yes. I invite my neighbors wife over to “work out”.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I do not socialize with my neighbors when I WFH. I also try not to socialize with my co-workers when I go to the office.

Obviously this thread wasn't directed at narcissistic sociopaths.

So now you admit that you don't really work when you go to the office either. You have to get your chat time in with everyone. Who's the narcissitic sociopath demanding everyone's time?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I socialize with my neighbors in the evening and on weekends, but during the day we're working. We all WFH. I see them taking calls outside sometimes, but that's it.

Are you all feds or something?

[Anonymous]

No, most of my neighbors don't socialize at all, unless we just happen to be outside at the same time.

[Anonymous]

No - my neighbors are at work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I socialize with my neighbors in the evening and on weekends, but during the day we're working. We all WFH. I see them taking calls outside sometimes, but that's it.

Are you all feds or something?

Nope, mostly private sector and contractors. A few of us go to the office certain days, but not the majority.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Because your friends and family know that you are working. Like now, how could you post on here at this time when presumable you are “working?” They know.

It's almost like salaried employees are allowed to take breaks.

Sure, dcum is like taking a break.

It literally is?

Riiigghttt

[Anonymous]

The saddest thing about working from home is that I can be days without talking to a single person...

[Anonymous]

Not at all, but that’s because my neighbor is a raging alcoholic B.

[Anonymous]

I don’t understand why work location matters. Our neighbors are a mix of in person, hybrid, WFH. We are mostly WFH but go in sometimes. We socialize with the neighbors we are friends with but it’s still evenings or weekends because during the day we are all…working?

When we WFH we are working and not out and about nor are the neighbors. There are some SAHMs of young children and I’ve seen them out on walks during the day but not with any WFH neighbors.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand why work location matters. Our neighbors are a mix of in person, hybrid, WFH. We are mostly WFH but go in sometimes. We socialize with the neighbors we are friends with but it’s still evenings or weekends because during the day we are all…working?

When we WFH we are working and not out and about nor are the neighbors. There are some SAHMs of young children and I’ve seen them out on walks during the day but not with any WFH neighbors.

No one at home is working.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand why work location matters. Our neighbors are a mix of in person, hybrid, WFH. We are mostly WFH but go in sometimes. We socialize with the neighbors we are friends with but it’s still evenings or weekends because during the day we are all…working?

When we WFH we are working and not out and about nor are the neighbors. There are some SAHMs of young children and I’ve seen them out on walks during the day but not with any WFH neighbors.

When I work from home, I work much less often because of the distractions, the comfort of home, and access to things. I will resume a home project, bike ride, shop, watch tv.
You do too.

[Anonymous]

I live on a cul de sac and during the solar eclipse the Fed Ex guy happened to show up while 13 adults were standing around in our paper glasses at 3pm on a weekday. Of 9 houses with 16 adults, 2 people work in person regularly and 12 of us work in person 1-3 days a week. The other 4 are fully remote but travel to their company HQ a few times a year.

We all socialize regularly in the evening and on weekends. We pick each others’ kids up from school and help ourselves to herbs from each other’s gardens. But we almost never see each other between school drop off and pick-up unless there is a reason to go outside like the solstice or when a utility truck is messing with the street. The beauty of working from home is that I try to clock my 8 hours of actual work as close to 9 hours of elapsed time as possible - so that I have free time to actually socialize.

Maybe these people who wonder why you don’t socialize during the day are people who had retail or other jobs where you stand around and chat between customers or phone calls and wonder if you are lonely. I “socialize” when I make small talk in the 1-3 minutes at the beginning and end of meetings when I ask about my colleagues’ weekend, their kids, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand why work location matters. Our neighbors are a mix of in person, hybrid, WFH. We are mostly WFH but go in sometimes. We socialize with the neighbors we are friends with but it’s still evenings or weekends because during the day we are all…working?

When we WFH we are working and not out and about nor are the neighbors. There are some SAHMs of young children and I’ve seen them out on walks during the day but not with any WFH neighbors.

When I work from home, I work much less often because of the distractions, the comfort of home, and access to things. I will resume a home project, bike ride, shop, watch tv.
You do too.

That’s a you problem. Most of us have the ability to pay attention to the meeting we’re in or the document we’re writing instead of being distracted by the television like a dog who can’t resist chasing a ball.