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A French Quarter man is lamenting the fact life will inevitably go back to normal one day, ending an era of working from home.
An era that James O’Neil has gotten used to.
The 48-year-old marketing specialist told this masthead today that we, as a society, don’t need offices anymore and people should be allowed to work from home forever.
“It’s just become so convenient,” he said, taking the time to pronounce each vowel with the same starchy crispness the collars on his school shirts had.
“I live within walking distance of everything I need, including the damn office. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy the time out of the flat! But if this tragic coronavirus saga has taught humanity anything, it’s that working from home – works! [laughs] I love the ABC.”
However, the person who works the reception desk at the coworking space where Mr O’Neil pays an extortionate monthly subscription fee, has said she wants to go back to work because she lives in a sharehouse that her friends openly mock her about.
Molly Greentree explained that her living conditions right now are not good and going to work each day offers a small escape in her otherwise dull existence.
“No doubt, I’ll change my tune when I’m rich enough to live like James,” she said.
“But for now, I think that salt and peppered pervert needs to think about people that aren’t him or his friends,”
“Working from home is something that only people lucky enough to get an education can do. Without my job at The Desck Zone, I’d be fucked. Well, I’d be on that JobSaver or whatever in Christ it’s called. I don’t think that whispy-haired fuckboy ScoMo is going to keep the gravy train rolling forever? What do I do when he stops paying me to smoke inside and play COD with my housemates?”
More to come.
