The Problem of Working From Home: Issue 1

Many people work from home, myself included. Honestly, it is pretty great. You can adjust your schedule to fit your needs and there is no commute. All you have to do is roll out of bed and bang, you are at work, listening to music as loud as you please, eating breakfast over your keyboard.

However, working from home is not without its flaws. For example the biggest issue I have is this:

Issue 1 With Working From Home: There is NO janitor.

Yes, that’s right. Those who work ‘on site’ may have to commute to their office, but at the end of their work day an invisible cleanup gnome arrives and empties their garbage, vacuums all their snack crumbs from under their chair and wipes the dried cup rings from every workspace surface. The bathrooms are miraculously restocked with TP that you did not have to trek out to buy. You didn’t even have to strain your brain figuring out which is the best price and how on earth you are out, yet again. Heck, you don’t have to even restock the TP in the dispenser because there are these amazing never-ending rolls that are always at the ready for your wiping needs. There is even a backup roll, always at the ready. The water splashes on the mirror above the sink miraculously vanish as if the mirror is enchanted with some sort of splash expiry system. There is even a nice big jug of nicely cooled water always in the dispenser thingy just waiting for you to get thirsty.

Ah, I tell you. A janitor sure would be nice.