Cutting Chunks Of Cheese And Brewing Cups Of Coffee

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tration? Or maybe, just maybe, the Baileys Irish Cream is preventing him from getting his work done?</p><p id="0c9d">Let’s not mention how frightening it is for a leader of the free world to be unable to remember what he was working on from one cheesy minute to another.</p><p id="d7a0">He also didn’t mention the bathroom trips to get rid of all that coffee. I wonder how many work hours are wasted walking those 10 steps to the bathroom? When I was in the office, it was way down the hall and I always ran the risk of running into a dreaded talkative co-worker along the way.</p><p id="b302">Apparently I am doing this telework thing all wrong! Because my dog doesn’t get a walk until I am off the clock. He just rolls over, looks at me and sighs. My personal business never seems to get done and I am sure I have a few bills overdue.</p><p id="326f">I am not working from the beach, mountains or vacation home. I have been in the same house for over two years, trying to plug along during a pandemic and now “flexible work.”</p><p id="a086">Sure I toss in a load of laundry while I am brewing the coffee and take something out for lunch. But most of my time working from home is spent <i>working.</i> I go from project to project, sometimes forgetting to get up once an hour. There are back-to-back meetings, projects to check-in on and a never ending task list.</p><p id="997a">My house doesn’t get cleaned during business hours, I don’t take personal calls. Sure, I miss those water cooler conversations with associates, but I am twice as effective and productive from my home office than I ever was surrounded by idiots, I mean co-workers.</p><p id="123b">I don’t get frustrated with what I am wearing or the traffic mess

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on the beltway. I don’t have the constant interruptions from coworkers who have just one quick question. I don’t have to pack the stupid lunch or do any planning.</p><p id="1733">I get up, have coffee, start my day and drink more coffee. And cut off a block or three of cheese. Life is gouda.</p><p id="7775">As always, I performed extensive research for this article. I drank some extra coffee and had another block of cheese. I also learned that dipping cheese into honey and fresh coffee grounds is a “amazing” snack. Now we are talking. Why wait for coffee to brew? Dip the cheese in honey and then some freshly ground grounds and you are good to go right back to your desk.</p><p id="7304">I think I am going to write to Boris Johnson and tell him this little trick. Why not get a little caffeine with your protein? It saves time, right?</p><p id="437c">All of us teleworkers out there can feel a little comfort in knowing we are not alone. Even world leaders need outside motivation to get the job done. I’d give you motivational tips myself, but I am too busy dunking my cheese in my coffee to continue.</p><div id="2ea9" class="link-block"> <a href="https://aslynn-roe.medium.com/list/641c974fbd5b"> <div> <div> <h2>Crazy Coworker Comedies</h2> <div><h3>Virtual Coworkers to Complete Your Telework Office</h3></div> <div><p>aslynn-roe.medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*d73b58be20df4b5caadc95492f1787eb04c31307.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div></article></body>

Teleworking At Its Finest

Boris Johnson is having trouble teleworking. He wants England’s citizens to go back to their offices because working from home is an unproductive disaster. All Johnson can do is cut a piece of cheese and make another cup of coffee. And he walks slowly down to the kitchen to do it.

Ok so yes, this is right up my alley. Cheese is my favorite snack and I am definitely addicted to coffee, and tea. I am an equal opportunity drinker.

In a recent article by Harry Taylor in the Guardian, Johnson said staff were “more productive, more energetic, more full of ideas” when in the workplace with colleagues.

He said: “My experience of working from home is you spend an awful lot of time making another cup of coffee and then, you know, getting up, walking very slowly to the fridge, hacking off a small piece of cheese, then walking very slowly back to your laptop and then forgetting what it was you’re doing.”

Poor Boris. Maybe he needs another go-to protein snack? Or perhaps some Gingko to help with concentration? Or maybe, just maybe, the Baileys Irish Cream is preventing him from getting his work done?

Let’s not mention how frightening it is for a leader of the free world to be unable to remember what he was working on from one cheesy minute to another.

He also didn’t mention the bathroom trips to get rid of all that coffee. I wonder how many work hours are wasted walking those 10 steps to the bathroom? When I was in the office, it was way down the hall and I always ran the risk of running into a dreaded talkative co-worker along the way.

Apparently I am doing this telework thing all wrong! Because my dog doesn’t get a walk until I am off the clock. He just rolls over, looks at me and sighs. My personal business never seems to get done and I am sure I have a few bills overdue.

I am not working from the beach, mountains or vacation home. I have been in the same house for over two years, trying to plug along during a pandemic and now “flexible work.”

Sure I toss in a load of laundry while I am brewing the coffee and take something out for lunch. But most of my time working from home is spent working. I go from project to project, sometimes forgetting to get up once an hour. There are back-to-back meetings, projects to check-in on and a never ending task list.

My house doesn’t get cleaned during business hours, I don’t take personal calls. Sure, I miss those water cooler conversations with associates, but I am twice as effective and productive from my home office than I ever was surrounded by idiots, I mean co-workers.

I don’t get frustrated with what I am wearing or the traffic mess on the beltway. I don’t have the constant interruptions from coworkers who have just one quick question. I don’t have to pack the stupid lunch or do any planning.

I get up, have coffee, start my day and drink more coffee. And cut off a block or three of cheese. Life is gouda.

As always, I performed extensive research for this article. I drank some extra coffee and had another block of cheese. I also learned that dipping cheese into honey and fresh coffee grounds is a “amazing” snack. Now we are talking. Why wait for coffee to brew? Dip the cheese in honey and then some freshly ground grounds and you are good to go right back to your desk.

I think I am going to write to Boris Johnson and tell him this little trick. Why not get a little caffeine with your protein? It saves time, right?

All of us teleworkers out there can feel a little comfort in knowing we are not alone. Even world leaders need outside motivation to get the job done. I’d give you motivational tips myself, but I am too busy dunking my cheese in my coffee to continue.