Three For Coffee

2024-07-19 “Three For Coffee” by Merritt

Earlier today, Jenn, Emma took a little walk and ended up at a park. While they were gone, I did some laundry and finished setting up my workspace.

When they got back, I suggested we go down the block to the coffee shop, and they agreed, so that’s what we did.

Back to setting up my workspace, though, turns out, I’ll be working from home from time to time, so I had to get my desk situated so that when I’m on camera, it looks slightly less like a guys apartment room. Jenn, last night, helped me with some background ideas.

I think that “working remote,” in 2024 is a big thing. My company gave me a Macbook Pro as an on-boarding bonus and explained that it was standard procedure since 2020 when everything shut down for COVID. I, naturally, “played along” as Emma says.

I did some Google work this morning about COVID and the workplace. I have just one word in mind as response: stunned.

If you had told me back when I graduated in 1984 that I’d be working for a big engineering company, but would do so from my apartment several times each month, depending on what client I was meeting when and where, I would have laughed. No one works from their bedroom, I would have said.

I’ll also just skip over my whole reaction to the coffee scene. Coffee was like a buck per cup, and it came out of a Bunn pot, and… I’ll let it go.

And, I have to admit, the flavors and the whole experience is pretty cool.

Needless to say, Jenn, Emma, and I won’t be strangers to the coffee shop.