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What do you not missed that has changed

Homebird

Just thinking about how colleagues say goodbye on Teams and enjoy Christmas now. These days most of us work mostly from home. When everyone worked in the office it used to be difficult when there were so many get together, after work drinks etc. at this time of year. Now I no longer need to work out which I can avoid.

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  • Homebird said:
    These days most of us work mostly from home

    The stats show that only between 12% (non degree educated people) and 18% (degree educated) work from home full time (source: https://www.forbes.com/uk/advisor/business/remote-work-statistics/ )

    The vast majority still are site based or hybrid workers so office get togethers will still be by far the most common thing still. Trends look to be fairly stable so it will probably take another pandemic to tilt the scales again.

    What don't I miss?

    - paying with cash. Needing to visit the ATM and handle all that grubby money or have the right change. Good riddance.

    - manned checkouts. Self checkouts are still not perfect but way better than having to deal with those people who look dead inside trying to make small talk with you.

    - having to shop in store for clothes. Sure it takes longer to find something that works for you but when it does you can order a bunch of them and be able to have predicatable clothing for years ahead. No more "do you have it in my size", changing rooms, salespeople trying to encourage you to try something different etc.

  • in reply to Iain

    The pandemic did give me the opportunity to try working from home, but some of my colleagues did it before the pandemic. I think for me it gave me the confidence that with my limited IT skills I could do it.

    In regard to manned checkouts, I do still choose them in preference to self serve, as I tend to get confused and in a panic with the technology and look more obvious as I talk to myself or the machine trying to work it out, then end up with someone coming over anyway.

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  • in reply to Iain

    The pandemic did give me the opportunity to try working from home, but some of my colleagues did it before the pandemic. I think for me it gave me the confidence that with my limited IT skills I could do it.

    In regard to manned checkouts, I do still choose them in preference to self serve, as I tend to get confused and in a panic with the technology and look more obvious as I talk to myself or the machine trying to work it out, then end up with someone coming over anyway.

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