The pandemic eased the scourge of the loud or smelly co-worker but is bringing new woes too, says Financial Times' Pilita Clark.
Cafeterias, child care centres and gyms are also prized. But there is one feature of the modern office that has always been hard to improve: Other people.is a curse that has long been with us. I assumed it would be sharply eased thanks to the rise of working from home. But there are signs the pandemic is spawning another set of annoyances that could be almost as grievous.
“It’s noisy, smelly, intrusive and completely inappropriate at a concert,” said classical music critic, Jessica Duchen, in a post that others quickly endorsed. “Just dreadful,” agreed one man. “Completely unacceptable,” said another. The most memorable story of an infuriating work colleague came in 2018, when it was reported that a Russian working on a remote Antarctic base had stabbed a colleague who kept telling him the endings of books he was reading.
I felt a flash of guilt when I read this, knowing I have a horrible habit of sighing, exclaiming and occasionally hooting at the sight of something on my screen.
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