The next time my boss says WFH, I will say WTF!

Yesterday I was speaking to a friend of mine, Jayanth Aka Dingri, who is into managing exhibitions for Times of India. He was telling me about how their last exhibition turned out to be a big flop, and how his boss screwed him royally for that. Well let me tell you something, he is not a guy big enough to single handedly upset such a huge event. So that pops out the question: Why did the event flop?, and the answer is, a tiny little thing called "H1N1", a virus which is in the limelight off late. The virus, along with bringing fear in the minds of many, has also brought smiles to the faces of many more. Schools declaring holidays, offices announcing holidays, what more can you ask for. Our company followed the herd, but with a twist. My boss gave us an option of WORKING FROM HOME (WFH).

WFH has lot of positive sides to it, at least in my case. Let me list out a few positive things about WFH:

• I travel 30 kms (to and fro) and spend close to 150 rupees on travel, which is saved
• I save close to 2 hours of travel time
• I save ~30 rupees on sutta (I generally dont smoke much when I am home, BTW I dont smoke at home)
• I get to have hot food at home
• I can listen to music while I work, I dont have to use a headphone
• Most importantly I can wear shorts while I work

I did all of the above yesterday, and guess what, I could also complete more work yesterday. Let me paint you a picture of how my day went yesterday

• Woke up at 6 am and went out on my routine jog - as usual
• Stopped by Anil Kumble when I was jogging, wanted to know where Minto hospital is - Unusual
• Had breakfast at 8.15 - as usual
• Didn't drive my car for an hour - Unusual
• Didn't check out the pretty girls on Jain college road - Unusual
• Started working at 8.30 - Unusual
• Had lunch at 1.00 - Usual
• Not many people were around me when I had lunch - Unusual
• Had food made at home - Usual
• Did not have food made at someone else's home - Unusual
• Didn't have a few laughs in the lunch break - Extremely Usual
• Worked till 6 - Usual

This is a brief of what I did yesterday, and at the end of it, I realize that I am not as exited about WFH now, as I was when my boss told me about it. I guess its because I have really gotten used to the usual stuff or may be I really like the "usual". All I can say now is that WFH is not for lesser mortals like me.

So, the next time my boss says WFH, I will say WTF