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WF "Home" question

299 replies

CheesesandWines · 15/10/2023 14:15

I am in the lucky position to WFH 5 days a week. Of course this happened in COVID, and I have since secured this permeantly. I'm good at my job and at this stage don't feel the need to "network" and be physically present at work.

One of the benefits of wfh is that I don't have to commute and can also fit in hobbies and exercise in the day. Twice a week at lunch (which is 1.5hrs) I like to go to my local gym/ Spa and really relax / switch off. To fit this in, I then work from the spa in the afternoon. There's a private booth in the cafe with no outside noise and because I'm a regular customer I have the space reserved for the afternoon automatically.

Here's the issue. On one occasion the laptop moved and my line manager could see someone at the spa walking around in their robe. Nothing more. She is now saying that wfh means your home and that I can't work from the spa two afternoons a week. I think her attitude is discriminatory and is impinging on my own health. I work much better from the spa and all the work is done with my body benefiting from a full body massage before an afternoon of work. She says that me working from the spa will affect colleagues who have not been allowed to wfh. I've looked at my wfh contact and nothing i am doing is not allowed. I have a good mind to work from the spa every afternoon now to prove my point !

OP posts:
BelBabe · 15/10/2023 14:26

The more I think about this the more outrageous it is.

Are the spa happy for you to video call there? I would be mortified if I was caught in the background of a virtual meeting in a dressing gown

WhateverMate · 15/10/2023 14:27

CheesesandWines · 15/10/2023 14:24

I use my mobile phone network as hotspot so not public WiFi. As I said already, the spa cafe has private booths which are enclosed so no sound disturbance/ privacy issue.

The cafe has completely soundproofed booths?

I take it there's no table service 😂

Sugarfish · 15/10/2023 14:27

This can’t seriously be real? It’s work from home not work from the bloody spa!

I work from home most of the time now as well and no way would I be allowed to do this. There is the risk of the laptop being stolen or damaged and I don’t know what you do, but in my line of work I deal with a lot of customer information. Some random in the spa could potentially overhear a teams call or see some documents. This would cause a data protection breach!

Toottooot · 15/10/2023 14:28

BelBabe · 15/10/2023 14:26

The more I think about this the more outrageous it is.

Are the spa happy for you to video call there? I would be mortified if I was caught in the background of a virtual meeting in a dressing gown

She better watch - might be hauled back into the office and have her ‘spa’ membership cancelled for breach of other customers privacy. Nae luck hun 💁🏻‍♀️

NooNakedJacuzziness · 15/10/2023 14:28

IF this is true why didn't you say it was a one off because you had no wifi at home or something? Don't openly admit to cheeky fuckery!

PattyDukeAstin · 15/10/2023 14:28

This cannot be real...

WHALESURPRISE · 15/10/2023 14:29

If it's enclosed how did they see people walking around behind you?

Allthecatseverywhereallatonce · 15/10/2023 14:29

chipsandpeas · 15/10/2023 14:19

i smell a reverse

Exactly this 💯

ilovesooty · 15/10/2023 14:30

I can't believe you really think you're in the right here. You're taking the piss as some other posters have said.

WeWereInParis · 15/10/2023 14:31

I use my mobile phone network as hotspot so not public WiFi. As I said already, the spa cafe has private booths which are enclosed so no sound disturbance/ privacy issue.

They can't be that enclosed if your manager saw someone wandering past

DiscoBeat · 15/10/2023 14:33

I wouldn't be happy as a client there to have someone film me in my robe. YABU

Babymamamama · 15/10/2023 14:33

This post is everything that is wrong with the post Covid workforce.

Theblacksheepandme · 15/10/2023 14:33

YABU I WFH and it's people like you that spoil it for the rest of us.

Blough · 15/10/2023 14:37

‘Potentially not getting as many massages a week as I would want is discrimination’ 🤣

MasterBeth · 15/10/2023 14:38

One of my colleagues works from the gym cafe a couple of days a week. As long as she does her work (she does), I don't know why I should give a flying fuck where she works.

Unless we know what job the OP does, it is impossible to know if it's unreasonable or not.

TheBirdintheCave · 15/10/2023 14:41

We're full time WFH now and our managers don't care where the work is done as long as it gets done. Some of my colleagues work from cafes, parks or even pubs.

Cosyblankets · 15/10/2023 14:43

No way is this real

ThirtyThrillionThreeTrees · 15/10/2023 14:43

You were doing OK until the 3rd paragraph but then you went too far to be taken seriously.

1month · 15/10/2023 14:43

This is such BS.

Firstly, no one is stupid enough to think that WFH means working in a spa.

Secondly, if you’re in an enclosed booth how could the see someone in a robe?

1/10

🤣🤣

CheesesandWines · 15/10/2023 14:43

I'll certainly be using a blurred background from now on, thank you for the tip! The booth is enclosed but I nudged the laptop and it swiveled outwards pointing at the glass side to booth. I'm not sure why the other lady was in a robe as that's not allowed in the cafe!

OP posts:
Switcher · 15/10/2023 14:45

This is hilarious. What planet are you on??

Blough · 15/10/2023 14:45

Can you answer why potentially not getting a massage at the time you want one (rather than after work) is discriminatory?

margotrose · 15/10/2023 14:45

Aye, okay.

This is why offices want people back in full-time.

StormzyintheSW · 15/10/2023 14:47

Har har har OP. Pull the other leg

determinedtomakethiswork · 15/10/2023 14:47

1/10

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