Things only those who work from home know

• The mess generated from simply being in the house is astronomical… Coffee cups, plates, junk spread all over the dining table…
• The office you imagined working from isn’t where you actually work – either because the Pinterest inspired clean, organised workspace never materialised or because you work from the sofa/bed…
• You have to repeatedly explain that you actually WORK during work hours so you aren’t available for coffee or to sign for everyone else’s Amazon packages.
• It’s possible to spend several days without leaving the house or speaking to another human being (except maybe the Amazon delivery man)
• Wearing proper shoes becomes terribly exciting
• Escaping to a coffee shop for a couple of hours seriously regenerates your brain
• You feel incredibly smug when people complain about the unbearable commute or the horrible weather, as you sit in your home office (most probably whilst wearing PJs and switching a heater on).
• You do quite often send emails before getting dressed
• And before going to bed – bonus points if you remember to set your Outlook to delay sending these till the next morning, over achievers set this to 8:30am, the rest of us make it 9am.
• Your neighbours will think you have some immoral way of earning a living or are unemployed… because you never leave the house and dress like a student
• Christmas parties, whilst you hated them as an employee, are actually really fun!
• You miss the office banter – talk radio is a poor replacement
• You consider duct taping the cat’s mouth shut when on conference calls

Did I miss some???!