NYC Mayor Eric Adams decries remote work: 'You can't stay home all day in your pajamas'

HA!

Thank you for calling out these lazy fuckers!

It's about time.

: 'You can't stay home all day in your pajamas' Yes, you asshole. They can. This has been a blessing for people with certain disabilities and anxiety disorders. The only reason to work in an office is so the bosses can spy on employees and intimidate them. No rush hour traffic. No covid. No dress clothes. Fuck him. They aren't coming back. They would rather find another job.

The digital age.has changed everything. More and more things are being done online and you can’t change it.

This is just the beginning of what’s to come.

Mayor Adams is looking at R2!

Those are your problems, R2. Not ours.

If you can't work, then go on disability.

If you choose not to do that, then you're fired.

No more fucking excuses. Now get BACK to work, you lazy, useless asshole.

The irony is it's a new kind of NIMBY. These same NYers who will crusade about homeless, minimal wage increase etc won't come into the office even though it will benefit those of lesser means. WFH, more than anything, has highlighted the two NYs.

Offices are boring and tired and full of neuroses. No amount of nagging and posturing and pretending offices are fun will change that fact. It's an old, stupid, long since expired 19th century ideal to cram as many people into offices as possible. We should all drop that ridiculous dream.

[quote]so the bosses can spy on employees

If you're logging into a work VPN then you're being spied on more than you would than physically being in the office.

Adams couldn't give a shit about whether you can do your work in your pajamas or not.

He is a paid shill for real estate interests, and they want corporate rents flowing again.

I have PTSD because of this shit. I’ll gladly take disability thank you very much…

Hot Crap, this idiot is a goldmine every time he opens his mouth!

Sure, let's go back to the office so the higher ups can time our piss breaks and psychologically abuse us. We can be surrounded by annoying coworkers who insist on coming in sick so they can spread disease to us. Not to mention the ones who refuse to get a covid vaccine. Nope. No thank you.

It is so much better for the environment to work from home, less commuting, less space being occupied- I have a huge office sitting empty at work, no need for that space to exist. Don't have to drive in. I get why he makes that argument- he wants to protect the small businesses around places of work- but they have to reinvent if its not practical anymore. We don't still drive horse and buggies to keep the buggy whip manufacturers in business.

R12- Yes it is, I agree. Less traffic accidents and deaths as well.

He's right, though.

Small business owners rely on daily commuters and a central business district.

The coffee shops; the small restaurants, delis, cafes and bistros; the snack shops; the bodegas; the cabs; the gyms; the after work bars and restaurants.

These places have depended on a centralized business district for a very long time. It's what has kept them alive.

Now you fuckers just want to stay home in your pajamas and work via the internet? That's bullshit. And it's also unproductive.

But, whatever.

Your selfishness will just hasten the collapse of this system that has been in place for centuries.

And don't cry when economic conditions collapse completely.

Because it will be all your fault.

They are simply no longer necessary as they once may have been. But they are a useful reminder that work in our society is first and foremost about control, and only secondarily about productivity or even prophet. If the government can't control your every move, then your corporate overlord will have to. We should escape that particular "ideal" also.

oops, profit, but hopefully being prophetic there.

This guy is awful. First Democrat I never supported.

[quote] work in our society is first and foremost about control, and only secondarily about productivity or even prophet

Oh, fucking dear.

You cannot be taken seriously, R15. Not after that.

You can't stay home all day in your pajamas CRACKERS!

Someday, r18, you will understand and it will be to your profit.

R20, are you some kind of prophet for profit?

[14] You sound outdated in your thinking which I can understand but this is a whole new era we’re going into. And I get that changes like this are hard to get use to but here we are with no signs of things ever going back to the way it use to be.

I feel like "ok boomer" is way overused, but it seems like the only appropriate response to this

Found the DL nube...troll.

As far as the coffee shops, etc,. Everyone I know orders from an app and gets their order to go. This change was due to covid, but it has become the norm and I do not see that changing, imo.

By all means, people.

Lock yourselves in your homes, remain glued to your computers and phones, never leave, and never interact with anyone ever again.

This is what you dumb shits are promoting.

If this is the case, then kill me now.

It's not a world I want to live in.

You people are just fucking sad.

[quote]It's not a world I want to live in.

Then don't, r26.

Hubby works at home. The office let go it’s lease. R5 irony? Two new yorks? Get an education. Homeless work is charity. Major companies pay for education. Low wage workers need to know what R3 wrote. Why do I feel OP & R5 are low wage & are bitching instead of changing their lives for the better? My hubby was a foster child, in the system til he aged out. He knew he had to save himself!

If Adams can show up to City Hall in his clown suit I can work in my jammies.

Sorry, I don't make the rules.

Me again (R28). You do know it’s about empty office spaces & tax loss. This is for OP & goofy R5 person - both knowing nothing The homeless!

Incels, outcasts, hermits, uglies and weirdos will love this new world.

It's made just for them.

Fucking beasts.

[quote] The office let go it’s lease. [R5] irony?

[quote] Get an education.

Speaking of irony!

[quote] Offices are boring and tired and full of neuroses.

And Ginny-fraus.

R14, if ever anyone deserved it:

MARY!!!!

[quote] are hard to get use to

Oh, dear!

This guy is an idiot.

I can't believe we have to deal with four years of this clown show.

Garcia was my choice; I still can't believe voters picked this dummy.

Be around people, psst. Hisssss. Be around mentally ill gun freaks that mow people down while they buy a cartoon of milk? Or how about taking the subway where some sociopath can throw me on the tracks just as the train arrives? When and if this country starts to take the mental health and safety of ALL of it's citizens seriously, I may slowly start to emerge from my clean, safe home. Gun control, no sadistic, abusive, corrupt police. No. This is a new and different world.

What a disappointment.

First that Nepotism bit about hiring his brother.

And now such a retrograde 20th century view on work in the 21st century.

I don't think people are as effective working from home all the time, and we do need to be together at least some time. But that "some time" is not more than once a week.

Pajamas? Who wears pajamas? I prefer underwear.

I prefer no underwear

Can’t unring a bell. People know what’s possible. There’s no way to go completely back to the way things were. And hyperbolic bullshit generalizations from people/trolls like R14 won’t change that.

And no fucking bra! Ha!!!

Dinkins The Sequel

R44- Dinkins was a LOUSY mayor but at least he wasn't a DUMB, GHETTO THUG

I am more productive if I add a little weed with my coffee.

I never realized how many ugly, hermit, cave-dwelling losers occupied this site, until just now.

This thread is eye opening.

You all must be a bunch of fucking trolls, if you never want to leave your house.

[quote]Why do I feel OP & [R5] are low wage & are bitching instead of changing their lives for the better?

Why would I want to change my life? I'm retired at 50 and living quite well. But I can see that I struck a nerve. Good to know.

My employer is happy with me continuing to work from home and I passed my annual appraisal last year with flying colors.

So I think I'll carry on WFH if that's okay. Thanks!

Our classy mayor

So when they closed the factories and moved manufacturing completely overseas to make more money while throwing millions of Americans out of work, it was a GOOD thing that would just take a little retraining and getting used to, and then everything would be just dandy (it wasn't).

But now that rich people are losing money on corporate leases, it's OMIGOD YOU LAZY PEONS GO BACK INTO YOUR OFFICES RIGHT NOW OR THE WORLD WILL END AND IT WILL BE ALL YOUR FAULT!!!!

Yeah, good luck with that. 👍

Oh the irony. The ones here accusing the older ones of holding society back when it is you who refuse to evolve. Things have changed. Things will always change. That is life.

[quote] I never realized how many ugly, hermit, cave-dwelling losers occupied this site, until just now.

Don't forget anti-social.

These people are majorly anti-social.

It's pretty obvious, if you read what most of these posters write.

R51: 👏👏👏

R23 OK boomer? KO, Avocado Toast!

R53: " Antisocial!" . If that is what you call not wanting to be around assholes like you all day.

[quote]while they buy a cartoon of milk?

He said you need to interact with humans. Look how well that's turning out in the USA. It's more likely to get you hurt or worse.

You type sexy, r40.

[47] No one wants to stay in their homes forever. That’s not what this is about. People are simply adapting to the inevitable that’s all.. And more autonomy over their own lives.

Every time I see this guy quoted it sounds like he just kind of misses the issue.

R61- Yes, completely.

I'm always suspect of posters who don't know DL formatting and who come here to cause dissent. With everything happening with Russia, it makes me even more suspect. We know from past Muriel AMAs that we do get foreign trolls here. And I'm seeing a lot of posts on this tread that seem like trolling.

I can interact with humans after I get off work. It's the nosy two faced gossiping bitches who can't stand working from home, they have no one to bully, undermine, shun, gossip and intimidate. I have two former coworkers just like this and it's hilarious to see how miserable they've become (they post all over Facebook)

Human beings were not meant to live in isolation, unlike what you Datalounge weirdos are proposing.

We are meant to interact socially, communicate, live, laugh and enjoy each other.

The world you are proposing is dystopian. It's unnatural and bizarre.

But I guess it makes sense if you're ugly and socially awkward.

This dude is crazy. Nobody is going back to office work in the same way.

People used to live in the basement or attic of the house they served. Those days are over.

Break those chains! Let freedom ring!

Hey r65, maybe some of us work with boring ugly unsocial people, and that's why we don't want to go back to work, because we don't want to be around those kind of people.

R65 you forgot the most important-

Live, Laugh, LOVE

After a couple of weeks, Bill D. is looking better and better.

IT'S FRIDAY!!!!!

EVERYDAY!

FUCK THE OFFICE!

Unfortunately, due to the nature of my job I cannot WFH, but commuting is a full 1/3 of the time in my workweek.

If I could do away with that, along with all its expenses, I’d love that.

R65, why would you assume that someone choosing to work from home doesn’t laugh, interact & live?

Kiitchy kitchy koo, r65.

🎶 And get a good buzz on... 🎶

Damn, sorry to New Yorkers stuck with this nitwit.

10 bucks says r65 has organized at least one office potluck in her time.

Just a word on formatting:

If you want to quote a previous poster, say #38: the correct way to quote is to write

r

then immediately follow by the number, in this case 38

It will then show up like this

r38

R77, why are you posting that? Lack of formatting helps us recognize who the interlopers are.

Fuck this guy!

You know what you are r65/OP? A complainer...that's what you are.

R65 is obviously the office bully. No one likes you and theyre glad to be rid of you.

I am not antisocial. I just hate the people at work.

I am not antisocial. I just hate the people at work.

We heard you.

Mayor Adams could work from his home.

But his job requires him to live in the City of New York, and he consistently cannot prove he does.

Nobody wants to ride a shit-scented subway, fearing they’ll be slashed by some crazy person, every day. Nobody wants to emerge from the subway into a wasteland littered with crazy people lurching about or clawing at your legs begging for alms while walking to the office.

I appreciate that he’s trying to clean up DeBlasio’s mess, though.

I'm retiring in a couple years so I have no real skin in this game. However if the fundamental function that most cities serve ceases, that being a central location for workers, then cities as we now know them will cease and/or contract considerably. Particularly cities that are primarily high in service jobs like NYC. The idea that empty office towers can be converted to affordable housing seems questionable for many reasons. Maybe many office towers would be demolished down the road if they are obsolete lessening the density of cities and contracting them.

Who knows how it will all pan out but we'll see.

OTOH, working from home cuts commuting carbon emissions.

R86- or being pushed onto the Subway tracks by said crazy person

R87- Excellent observations. The government has failed us in everyway. We have dirty cities overcome with the mentally ill, the homeless, corrupt LE, overcrowding ,inflation, etc. Who wishes to fight through all of that twice a day?

I can and I will. I actually interact more at work with people on video calls when back in the office most communication was by phone or email. I was never much for water cooler chit chat and thankfully my company isn't a fan of long useless meetings.

My home office is far more aesthetically pleasing and ergonomic, and I have 100% control over the temperature. No one else uses my microwave, refrigerator or bathroom. I save 90 minutes a day commuting.

My workday is measurably more productive at home, and my physical and mental health have never been better.

Nope, never going back.

Yeah, this weird idea that forced socializing is the best socializing. I don't get it. It's an odd mindset, but I guess some people on this thread have it.

When push comes to shove. Saving time and money commuting and not having to deal with traffic delays, disruptions on the LIRR, the dangerous, NYC subway system and problems caused by inclement weather makes workers punctual. alert, less stressed, less tired and more effective.

I've always been fascinated by this weird thing in history that happens from time to time. Many large cities collapse altogether and disappear forever. But then there are those odd cases where a city has a steep decline but still hangs on with thousands or tens of thousands of people. Rome had a million people in the year 100. In the year 1000, more like 30,000 people. What was that like? Spacious for one, of course, and decayed but not destroyed. Cattle in the Colosseum. Constantinople had it too. And Jerusalem. And others.

I don't think New York will collapse at all, but clearing out a lot of the people forced to be there every day, chained to cubicles, hating every minute of it, might provide a little breathing room, and maybe some more interesting ways to organize their lives than everybody constantly scrambling and scrabbling for room in an overcrowded place.

WFT is r65 yammering on about?

[quote]

Human beings were not meant to live in isolation, unlike what you Datalounge weirdos are proposing.

We are meant to interact socially, communicate, live, laugh and enjoy each other.

The world you are proposing is dystopian. It's unnatural and bizarre.

But I guess it makes sense if you're ugly and socially awkward.

I do not work to socialize. I socialize outside of the workday.

Oops, fucked up the formatting of my post above. I was quoting r65 who thinks everyone who wants to continue working from home is weird, ugly and socially awkward. My response is that I do not work to socialize and I socialize outside of the work day. I interact with people all day long at work, just not in person. It doesn't matter where I do it from. Interaction is not the same as socializing.

R65 is someone who confuses "work" with "social life." Sad.

We still only work two days a week in the office and it has been working well. It saves money on gas, vehicle maintenance, dry cleaning, etc. It's nice to mingle with certain people but some just don't know when to stfu and get to work. I'm so much more productive and focused at home but I'm fine with a hybrid schedule until I retire.

A science fiction writer anticipated something like this back in 1944. Please forgive the anachronistic language and concepts, and remember that 1) younger folks don't know how to socialize face-to-face now because of cell phones, 2) young people aren't learning to drive, and 3) people don't want to travel to go to work when they can work from home.

The future this story predicted is now.

👊🏽

Re-zoning is really the only viable option. They can't put this genie back in the bottle.

I agree that people do still want to go out. Get lunch, go to Starbucks, hang out at the bar after work, etc. but this will only happen if it isn't a 20-30 minuite subway/bus ride from their home to these local businesses.

I've worked from home for years (pre Covid) and I do like to meet up with my co-workers occasionally, but not every day, and certainly not if it involves navigating 5:00 traffic.

He really is shilling for his real estate overlords, and it is disappointing.

[quote]By all means, people. Lock yourselves in your homes, remain glued to your computers and phones, never leave, and never interact with anyone ever again. This is what you dumb shits are promoting. If this is the case, then kill me now. It's not a world I want to live in. You people are just fucking sad.

We go out Fuckface. We just don't go to the office. We are also more productive than the idiots that still work in their offices.

You're the company loser. You spend more time worrying about what everyone else is doing

R5. Are there any other pointless, time-wasting and environmentally destructive activities we have to continue in the interest of social equality?

Boris is back.

If you really want people to come back to NYC, they need to reopen sex clubs, legalize sex work, and have Disney retool Long Island City into DisneyNYC.

R105- Make sure a LOT OF those sex clubs are GAY.

Or turn large swaths of Queens into a turn of the century simulation you could visit, like being inside the Gilded Age for an afternoon or so. All this boisterous talk is exhausting.

We all learned from two years of working from home that the commute into work is an expensive waste of time. I spend two hours a day commuting—the pandemic was a nice reset.

I learned there was no point to all the stuff I kept at work. Everything is on my computer now and I can work from anywhere.

During the pandemic, I went to my office physically about once a month. That was enough

I understand why Adams wants us to get back to to going to offices (to help the city’s economy) but the way to do it isn’t to blame us for being lazy.

Really, to get us two hours earlier so I can make the train and switch and blah blah blah makes me somehow not lazy?

My work now says we have to go back starting in April, but only two days a week. That’s fine

I wonder if, while NYC’s restaurants may have suffered, did suburban restaurants boom?

I thought getting up and going to work, and getting there on time, were all about Whiteness and White Supremacy.

A hybrid model is the best option. I find real value in being in an office—but once or twice is enough. Do most of your meetings in person—they’re more productive in person. And get work done when you’re remote.

Sorry this sounds horrible but black men don't make good leaders, at least not at this point. They really, really want everything white men have been handed their whole lives and, when they get power, they either turn into fucking Repugs or bend over backwards to the white guys will be their friends. We have one running for governor in Illinois. Is putting out commercials saying "All lives matter" and all that kind of shit.

Put black women in charge of everything for a couple years if you want shit done.

Little Hitler with his three homophobic stooges.

[quote] I understand why Adams wants us to get back to to going to offices (to help the city’s economy) but the way to do it isn’t to blame us for being lazy.

You ARE fucking lazy, Blanche.

All I'm reading here is your stupid fucking lame justifications for why you should be allowed to stay home, lounge around naked, drink all day, work for an hour or two, and get paid for it.

Goddamned lazy useless motherfuckers.

You should be fired.

This fucker is a real prize, you stupid New Yorkers.

How happy I am to live far away from US.

We are working half time home half in office, but since I am not vaccinated I work more frequently from home so I don't have to take the test.

I know it won't last for ever, but what a blast. Today I woke up at 8 45 am, had a little work done in the morning, then went to fish market, baked a big fresh Adratic bass in oven. My little girl and I had a feast, shared the fish. Then we went to park, she was sniffing around while i was sunbathing on the bench. Beautiful warm spring day and the violets are flowering. Came home and the office hours are over.

I was only feeling really bad for Ukraine, otherwise would have been a great day.

Is this guy a spook?

Is he third party?

Poor NYC. This will be the nail in the coffin.

If they topple New York from the inside out, that a huge get for the foreign cabal that invests in these type of murky leaders.

You lazy fuckers working from home, drinking all day, sleeping for hours, and doing pretty much nothing are going to have rude awakening.

You should all be fired.

For all your protesting and claims of how much work you're getting done, you know that you're not doing shit. You're not productive. And you're getting paid for staying at home.

You don't want to admit it, but you know it's true.

And I know it's true, because I've been there in 2020. But I was sent back to the office. And I know the difference between "working" at home, and working in the office.

The truth is that no matter how much work you "claim" to get done at home, you're not nearly as productive as when you're in an actual work environment.

So STOP fucking lying.

You're lazy. And you're getting paid for doing nothing at home.

The Mayor is right. It's time to send you lazy fuckers back to the office, or fire your stupid asses.

R121 go away troll

R212 Calm down you capitalist quisling. Work is not a rabbit, it won't run away.

I meant R121

He's worth it, just to trigger the white gays.

R125 I am a white gay, but luckily I am far away. In the free world.

R121 I think you are vastly underestimating the amount of time people piss away while at work (physically there).

Coffee runs, long lunches, smoke breaks, chit chat, etc.

Being there physically doesn't mean shit. If I want to screw off the whole day, I will find a way to do it wherever I am.

If you're not neurotypical, working in an office is a living hell. I can do my work for the day in two hours but some days that's all I'm capable of doing. Spending time looking productive is a huge pain. Having managers sit on their asses monitoring others productivity breeds immense resentment. I think having people back in the office is less about productivity and more about ownership of the bodies who work for you.

Oh yes I can! I'm never leaving my home again..it's safer in here.

I do think it's chancier to let millennials or Gen Z'rs to go remote full-time. I think it's easier for them to rationalize screwing off than previous generations.

[quote] I do think it's chancier to let millennials or Gen Z'rs to go remote full-time. I think it's easier for them to rationalize screwing off than previous generations.

My nephew pretty much slept through all of his college "classes" in 2020 and 2021.

It was a fucking joke.

That's what these kids got out of the pandemic.

You can graduate from college and not have to give a fuck about your work, because you'll still get credit for it.

[Quote] All I'm reading here is your stupid fucking lame justifications for why you should be allowed to stay home, lounge around naked, drink all day, work for an hour or two, and get paid for it.

So lounging around at work and gossiping around the water station is just fine but doing it at home makes us lame?

[Quote] If you're not neurotypical, working in an office is a living hell. I can do my work for the day in two hours

That’s the biggest problem. Everyone is geared towards an 8 hour day but we get our work done in 2 hours and screw around the rest of the day

It's more fun watching Michael Scott, Stanley, Dwight, Andy and the others on tv and laughing at them rather than actually being in their midst for whole days.

Why do New Yorkers keep voting for idiots to run their city? Please explain.

How is he wrong?

IMO, he's getting pressure from people who own commercial property, i.e., office buildings. Landlords.

[quote] He really is shilling for his real estate overlords, and it is disappointing.

Yes, agree.

I do feel bad for the small, independent businesses supported by the office workers. I hope that they can find a way to adjust and still sell their product some other way. (Takeout, pickup, delivery, etc.)

[quote] I hope that they can find a way to adjust and still sell their product some other way. (Takeout, pickup, delivery, etc.)

That's not possible.

The bottom line is, no people = no business.

If everyone is working from home, they're not going to make a special trip to the city just to eat lunch or meet friends.

And most likely, they live too far for delivery. So they'll probably just order locally.

This is a real problem.

Turn unused office space into lab space so we can compete with Boston in biotech.

Hence R138, R101's answer;

[quote]Re-zoning is really the only viable option. They can't put this genie back in the bottle.

They need to convert the empty office space into AFFORDABLE (not ghetto, but not places for Russian oligarchs to park their money) housing.

People will patron local business all day long as long as it is local.

[quote] They need to convert the empty office space into AFFORDABLE (not ghetto, but not places for Russian oligarchs to park their money) housing.

Fuck that.

I'd rather see our cities in ruin, than sell out to the fucking russians or chinese.

[quote] The bottom line is, no people = no business. If everyone is working from home, they're not going to make a special trip to the city just to eat lunch or meet friends.

You're right. But people still need to eat, drink coffee, etc., no matter where they live, whether or not they're congregating with coworkers. A change in location would be necessary for small business owners. But then again, the business owner probably wasn't living in downtown, anyway.

In my small city, many buildings are being repurposed into apartments or condos. Some already have the infrastructure (ex-hotels), but others are city offices being turned into living spaces. There is no end to people who want to live here - can't this be done in NY?

I thought it turned out that more people are making their own food and coffee rather than going out, R142.

True, R142, but I think there's still a market for prepared food. I still see lines of cars at the Starbucks in my area (drive-through).

I've been working from home, but I still eat a fair amount of takeout food.

His old stupid ass needs to move with the times because remote work is here to stay.

Mayor Adams, how about booting some of that Russian money out of 57th Street if they can't prove they are living here as residents, or at least tax them even more in that case? If they don't pay, how about via eminent domain? If a law doesn't exist, get it made into a law. Put real people into those apartments.

[quote]That's not possible. The bottom line is, no people = no business. If everyone is working from home, they're not going to make a special trip to the city just to eat lunch or meet friends. And most likely, they live too far for delivery. So they'll probably just order locally. This is a real problem.

You seem to be under the impression no one lives in NYC. In reality, it's the most populated city in the country. How shocking is that?

And all these restaurants are still open because they are making money from the millions and millions of people that live in the city.

Most businesses have had record profits and productivity has been increased since people have been working from home. It's the truth. And that's why many businesses gave up their leases and are working from home either completely or most of the week.

But I'm sure you won't accept these facts.

People have more money to spend on takeout, etc from their local business owners because they're not spending so much on work-related shit. I save $70+ a week from transport alone! (And 15 hours, which is priceless).

But the cunt manageress has called us all back into the office from next week.

It's such a weird mentality. We need to preserve this shitty corporate culture to save small businesses! It would make more sense to demand by law that everybody buy a coffee every day and takeout meal once a week. But the shrieking and howling on that would be heard on Mars, and rightfully so. But somehow, saying, the entire worklife of New York City should be built around some bullshit ideal of restaurants built around skyscrapers somehow seems normal to these dipshits.

I really think the concern is about corporate landlords (owners of business offices / real estate). The "small business" concern gets thrown in to try to make people feel sympathetic.

[quote]If you can't work, then go on disability.

If someone can be productive from home, they CAN work. Why should they overburden the disability system to appease draconian dumbfucks?

[quote]Now you fuckers just want to stay home in your pajamas and work via the internet? That's bullshit. And it's also unproductive.

Bullshit. My sister got more done at home in half the time, because her childish boss and inept coworkers weren't constantly interrupting her.

I don't want to hear from any of you antisocial asshats when your taxes go up because NYC has a deficit because it's not pulling in taxes that it used to pre-covid.

If your job can be done entirely via screen there is no reason for anyone to hire locally. You've opened yourself up to competition from everywhere in the world.

Virtual pricks are going to have to learn some real-world skills if they want to survive.

It will be glorious to watch.

Not to mention the wailing when companies start dropping salaries for WFH shut-ins.

Like most social planners/scolds, the proponents of work from the office mandates seem to assume that the social structure that existed in their childhood and youth is the natural order of things and his existed since the beginning of time. In the scheme of things, transporting vast number of people to cities to work in offices is a very new thing. The arrangement evolved because it made since at the time, and it will end as soon as it stops making sense. A century ago, similar social planners/scolds would be complaining that workers were selfish and self-indulgent for leaving the countryside to go to the city. How lazy to sit in a comfortable office all day while you should be breaking your back in the field!! Have you thought of how office work will deplete the rural tax base and damage rural culture?!

Work from home will continue just as long as it makes economic sense. For those professions for which it makes no economic sense, it will end as soon as health conditions allow. If people can work in their pijamas and work fewer hours and are productive enough that way to support themselves, it’s as pointless and silly to condemn them as lazy as it would be to condemn them for not working in the fields. And don’t assume that only workers will favor work from home in the long run. Once office leases come up for renewal, employers will have to put their money where their mouth is when it comes to mandating office work.

It is true that work at home will open white collar jobs to global competition. Mandating that people work from offices to prevent that is as silly as using tariffs or government regulations to maintain professions that are no longer viable, such as coal mining and carriage making.

Obviously, social shifts such as these have consequences that government will have to help manage—-some businesses will disappear and cities may have declining tax bases and survival prospect—but mandating or shaming people into working in the office makes as much sense as Pol Pot trying to move 20th century Cambodians to return to the land.

People working from home kept fucking shitty city running during the pandemic

And just recently one of his own people had her head beat in over 17 TIMES with a hammer during her work commute. I don't think she'll survive

And Eric Adams wants YOU to get beaten and robbed on your way to work too.

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Hey all you lazy fucks, that's how many times Eric Adams wants some scumbag to pound your head with a hammer