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You are working from home alone and the washing machine clicks to finish in the other room.
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Jump up immediately leave what your doing and head for that machine. |
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Finish what you are doing and go empty the machine. |
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Worry about the machine, bite your nails and then succumb to the call of the washing. |
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Don’t go anywhere near it – I’m working. |
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Your child is ill (not terribly bad say a 24hr sickness bug) and your partner is unavailable, you are working from home. Do you..... |
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Drop the work and sit cuddling the child for the day – attending to their every need. |
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Settle your child in a quiet room with plenty to do, give them a cuddle and check on them regularly, while you carry on working in another room. |
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Call a nanny or friend to take the child because you need to keep working. |
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Take them to school anyway – toughen them up, you are working so you can’t help them. |
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The dog is begging for a walk but you have a report to finish in 2 hours. You have a mental block on the report but you are worried about finishing it in the timeframe.
Do you.... |
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Hit the beach with the dog and a picnic and do a bit of your painting. |
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Take the dog for a quick walk and look for inspiration. |
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Phone the office and extend the time frame. |
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Sit at that computer until you finish the report. |
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Your garden is a mess – you haven’t had time to do it all weekend and you have had friends over for a barbeque. It looks like someone has been camping on the lawn and you have also noticed some damage to a wall and that there are loads of weeds. The lawn also needs a go with the lawnmower. Do you... |
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Elect to spend the day in the garden and decide to blag your way out of the work. |
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Get the day set up with work and see what you have to accomplish then spend your extra hours saved on commute time and your lunch break in the garden. |
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Loose your temper, throw the computer out of the window and vow to give up home working. |
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Leave the garden and get on with your work. |
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You are just settling in to work when a neighbour calls round for a chat.
Do you.... |
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Bring the neighbour in for a four hour gossip session. |
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Invite the neighbour in for a cup of tea but tell them you only have 20 mins as you are working on a report. |
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Say hi to the neighbour but firmly say that you cant chat now you are working. |
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Don’t answer the door – you’re at work! |
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Your workspace is a desk under the stairs with a computer and phone. Your children have just discovered the internet. If they play games you can get an hours peace but the company policy is that you are not allowed to use the computer in this way. Do you.... |
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Let them use it – anything for a quiet life. |
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Explain to the children that they are not allowed on that computer but find them one they can use and get it connected in another part of the house. |
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Bark at the children and threaten them if they go near the computer, throw your toys out the pram every time they go anywhere near it. |
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Build a wall so they cannot get in to where the desk is. |
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You live alone in your house, your access to the world is through the work that you do. You use the computer as a communication tool with the outside world as well as a work tool. You have taken the option to work at home but are beginning to feel a bit isolated. Do you.... |
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Head back to the office with puppy dog eyes. |
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Ask to work a few days in the office. |
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Get involved in some local community projects and start to network on line with other people working from home. |
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Shut yourself away – you are far more productive this way and getting more work done was the aim anyway. |
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You work from home but others in the same team as you doing the same job don’t. They can if they want to but they stay in the office to be together. You often feel that they envy you and they single you out for a bit of extra ribbing – nothing serious but you are worried that it will escalate. Do you... |
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Invite them round for an after work drinks party and show them what it is like to work from home. |
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Speak to your HR manager and ask if they can intervene on your behalf. |
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Tell them clearly how their teasing makes you feel and ask them openly why they don’t work from home. |
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Ignore the ignorant idiots – what do they know. |
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You have started to work from home having been in an office for some time. Your partner is often in the house too and wants to stop and chat with you at many intervals during the day. You enjoy being able to do this but you are worried that this is becoming a distraction. Do you.... |
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Decide that your partner needs the attention and leave the work stuff behind to talk to them. |
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Chat to your partner and tell them how you feel. See if you can come up with a schedule of breaks during the week and possibly one lunch date. |
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When you were in the office you were chatting to colleagues and this is not taking up as much time so you tell yourself not to worry and that it will fade over time. |
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Ban your partner from the house during your work hours. |
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| 10. |
You took to working from home a year ago. It has been great and your productivity has increased. You are doing your job better than you have ever done it and balancing your work and your life. Then, someone else who works in the office gets a promotion that you thought you would be in line for. Do you... |
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Say – hey ho, it was my choice to work from home and I should expect that. |
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Speak to the HR manager, tell them you feel discriminated against for being a home worker. |
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Speak to your union or get involved in a union immediately. |
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Storm in to the office, guns blazing and tear them off a strip for presenteeism. |
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