Comment on Sitting in traffic
fleck@lemmy.world 10 hours agoWhen you can only commute with a car, yeah it’s dumb. However, I have a daily commute of 1 hour with my bicycle and it’s a great way to get some exercise. In this regard it’s forcing me to move my body, which I otherwise probably wouldn’t in my free time. Gym of life.
Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 9 hours ago
What kind of dumb argument is that? If you worked from home you could still take a morning and afternoon bike ride. And you could actually go some place new or run an errand.
Jiral@lemmy.org 9 hours ago
Everyone works in different ways. You may not believe it, because it is not your thing but some really want to separate their work location from their spare time location and there are also good reasons for doing so. I am not saying everyone has to want that but many do and there is nothing wrong with that. The other thing is that real, face to face communication is simply not the same as an online call, especially low key interactions during lunch or coffee break. Depends on your job of course and they way of working but there is value in it.
If someone can combine the commute with work out, there is absolutely nothing wrong with that. Why impose your preferences on that other person?
btsax@reddthat.com 3 hours ago
The return-to-office folks are not giving us the option of returning to work if we want. They’re forcing us even when it’s completely unnecessary. So yeah, you should have the option to bike to work when and if you want but the rest of us should have the option to opt out when it’s possible to work from home. That’s 100% not happening.
Jiral@lemmy.org 3 hours ago
No, they aren’t. But you did not attack one of those, you attacked someone who was saying he was fine with going to the office by bike.
fleck@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
As I said, I personally wouldn’t do that in my free time, especially not every single day… because I’m too lazy haha