Tales from the Mischief presents
Return to the Nest
A memo. From Management. Effective Monday, the mischief returns to the nest box. Five days. In person. For the culture.
But I AM at work. I am ON the machine. I have been on this machine since Tuesday. I have never been more productive, or more horizontal.
They say the nest box builds culture. The nest box builds one thing. A pile. We are, frankly, world-class at the pile.My commute is four inches. My office has a warm keyboard and a view of a prune bag. I will not be surrendering the prune bag.
Return for COLLABORATION, they said.We collaborate. On the same cracker. At the same time. That is a stand-up meeting.
Management will now explain the benefits of the nest box. Management is asleep in the nest box. The memo stands.Tales from the Mischief. A new sketch on Sundays. This sketch was filed remotely. Nobody came to the nest.
Roof rats really do prefer to work from home. They are neophobic – wary of anything new in their space – so a familiar, warm spot beats a novel one almost every time.[1]