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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm confused. Presumably you went into the office before covid hit and you didn't get sick to your stomach and have panic attacks.

I don't understand why you feel that way now. I mean, sure it sucks to have to RTO, but not understanding why you are getting legit panic attacks over it.[/quote]

Exactly. You'll adjust.

[b]I think you are feeling this way because you think that the employer is taking away something from you. But in reality, they adjusted for the pandemic and are adjusting things back to normal now[/b].[/quote]

+1  so true
Instead of being grateful for the time working at home, people are feeling punished returning to the status quo pre-covid. Nothing lasts forever.[/quote]

not so.
we used to need to use payphones on the street to call ppl when we were out. We don't now bc we have cells. We used to need to cross atlantic by ship but now we have planes. Should we start using payphones again and sailing to france bc we are just 'going back to normal'? progress happens and gives us the gift of time and convenience. Trying to turn the clock back just causes resentment and people like op will find better jobs that understand that and the ones who are stuck in the past will lose good employees and only be able to hire the desperate and second rate (or extroverts!)[/quote]
That's silly.   Why should kids then return to school? Why not have all of them continue to do virtual learning? 
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because we are adults and we CAN work remotely - because we are adults?[/quote]
there are many adults who take advantage of wfh, and work second jobs, or are hard to reach.  So, no, not all adults can work remotely.  [/quote]

And third jobs, drinking, gambling, smoking, napping, watching Netflix, watching phub, making dinner, going to gym, golfing etc

I agree wfh can be more productive. But in reality the time saved for most does not go into more work. [/quote]

My block in Ward 3 is a case in point.  The professionals who survive by “eating only what they kill” — software sales and law firm lawyers and one consultant— WFH as hard as they ever did. OTOH the federal manager works maaaybe 25 hrs a week. If that. She gets her GS13 salary regardless of how many times a day she jogs, picks up the kids, walks the dog, walks to the market, sits on the porch talking to mom, prepping dinner at 4 pm, jogging again ….

Same for the salaried newspaper reporters, nonorofit lawyer and association lawyer. and the software guy.  Constantly outside, playing with dogs, playing with kids, playing with their $5000 bike. At soccer, at swimming.  There’s no way in hell they are working full time for their full time salaries. And  no, they’re not logging on late st night because I walk my own dog at 10 and their homes are completely dark

Some employers are getting the shaft, even the elite ones who presumably hire the elite professionals 
 [/quote]

Wow, you're quite "busy" aren't you, watching your neighbors at all hours, taking down their hours, looking into their windows, noting their possessions and what they cost. Clearly you are not employed. Maybe you should be because you have so much time on your hands and if you were gainfully employed you wouldn't be stalking your neighbors. Yikes.[/quote]

Having eyeballs isn’t synonymous with stalking. Also we’ve been at this for years now — which is why OP is panicking about her loss of soup-on-demand. Only the oblivious wouldn’t notice what their direct neighbors are doing for *years*

I’m gainfully employed as a healthcare hero 🙄. People used to buy us pizzas in mid-2020 because we were frontline workers. Now they sit at home making soup and sniffing candles and blame us when they can’t get an appointment for another 2 months.  [/quote]

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