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How to Live With a Home Worker
10 tips on living with someone who works from home
Since the COVID-19 pandemic, many people have been working from home. Even radio shows are recorded from home, complete with the common family interruptions, kids fighting, cats bringing in birds, doorbells ringing. I quite like it. It reminds me that we’re all human.
Not only are a lot of people working from home, but a lot of people are complaining about working from home. The politicians struggled with the technology to allow them to vote from home, a lady did a whole video call with the potato filter on! People are working from sofas, getting sore arms and stiff backs. People are struggling with their pets ‘helping’ them with their work. Babies cry at exactly the moment that the worker needs silence. Working from home can be tough.
I know how tough it can be because my husband has been doing it for 17 years. My kids were 4 and 5 when he first started. That was hard work. It’s odd, now. 17 years on and other people are complaining about the same things he complains of. Everyone ignored his complaints (‘It must be lovely not having to commute’ ‘it must be great to see your kids more’). Now they are saying the same things he used to say. I think he finally feels vilified!
