<story><title>We Can&apos;t Let People Work from Home, for Stupid Reasons</title><url>https://blog.davidtate.org/we-cant-let-people-work-from-home-for-stupid-reasons/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>system16</author><text>I have a ridiculous sounding but very important to me reason for my preference to work at home: bowel movements.&lt;p&gt;I worked with a small team in a small office. Everybody is typically at their desk in silence with the occasional manager or sales person on the phone. At predictable intervals throughout the day, someone will get up and be gone extra long.&lt;p&gt;You know, and everybody else knows, they&amp;#x27;ve gone for a number 2.&lt;p&gt;Occasionally a manager will say &amp;quot;where&amp;#x27;s X&amp;quot; and someone will respond they stepped out. Nobody cares, and yes I&amp;#x27;m being neurotic, but it is still slightly embarrassing that everybody _knows_.&lt;p&gt;Again, nothing is devastating here, it&amp;#x27;s just... awkward.&lt;p&gt;The fact that I can have my morning coffee and then when the urge comes, march off to my porcelain throne without anyone knowing better, answer Slack messages from my phone, etc. is one of the great joys of no longer being in an office for me.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>pram</author><text>Yeah no joke. I have IBS and I’m self conscious in the same way. It just adds a lot of unpleasant stress to my life over something so dumb.&lt;p&gt;Not to mention I’ve worked in places with two bathrooms total for like 300+ males lol. Always a pleasure to be standing in line after lunch.</text></comment>
<story><title>We Can&apos;t Let People Work from Home, for Stupid Reasons</title><url>https://blog.davidtate.org/we-cant-let-people-work-from-home-for-stupid-reasons/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>system16</author><text>I have a ridiculous sounding but very important to me reason for my preference to work at home: bowel movements.&lt;p&gt;I worked with a small team in a small office. Everybody is typically at their desk in silence with the occasional manager or sales person on the phone. At predictable intervals throughout the day, someone will get up and be gone extra long.&lt;p&gt;You know, and everybody else knows, they&amp;#x27;ve gone for a number 2.&lt;p&gt;Occasionally a manager will say &amp;quot;where&amp;#x27;s X&amp;quot; and someone will respond they stepped out. Nobody cares, and yes I&amp;#x27;m being neurotic, but it is still slightly embarrassing that everybody _knows_.&lt;p&gt;Again, nothing is devastating here, it&amp;#x27;s just... awkward.&lt;p&gt;The fact that I can have my morning coffee and then when the urge comes, march off to my porcelain throne without anyone knowing better, answer Slack messages from my phone, etc. is one of the great joys of no longer being in an office for me.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>WFHRenaissance</author><text>This, and being able to shower whenever I want, and being able to put on presentable clothing for a Zoom call but then return to my sweatpants or even go topless... these sort of things are the reason I want to work from home. Maybe I&amp;#x27;m crazy , or maladjusted, or maybe this is just the optimal way for me to work.</text></comment>