Book 3 of 16

Working from home today

Present, but not there. Reasons to stay at the kitchen table that do not sound like reasons to stay in bed.

778 verses across 26 chapters

1. 1 There's nothing in the office today that isn't also here Unverifiable
2. 2 I've got an engineer coming and the window is the whole day Plausible
3. 3 I've been in four days this week and this is the fifth Unverifiable
4. 4 I've got the kind of headache that a lit office would make worse Unverifiable
5. 5 The building here has the water off and I'd rather be near it Unverifiable
6. 6 I'm waiting on a call I can't take in an open office Unverifiable
7. 7 I'm better on this particular thing without the room around me Unverifiable
8. 8 I've got somebody in the house doing work and I can't leave them Unverifiable
9. 9 I'd be more use at a desk than on a train for two hours Plausible
10. 10 Somebody has to be here for a delivery that needs a signature Plausible
11. 11 My commute has been cancelled on my behalf by the rail company Plausible
12. 12 Somebody is home who shouldn't be home alone today Unverifiable
13. 13 I've got a call at eight and a call at six and nothing sensible between Plausible
14. 14 My car's in the shop and there's no other way in from here Plausible
15. 15 I'd be commuting into a building that's half empty on Fridays anyway Concerning
16. 16 I'd spend three hours travelling for four hours of desk Plausible
17. 17 There's a delivery of something too big for anybody else to take Unverifiable
18. 18 The office wifi has been bad all week for the thing I'm doing Unverifiable