houses and people
Jun. 10th, 2016 09:40 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
indigo_rose99It has been more than 13 years since I had a traditional office job with the hated cubical walls. I have been self-employed or working remotely for a long, long time.
Initially, I used to miss human companionship. I would go to local coffee shops to sit and work. There was this place that made the BEST sugar-free latte... But in the past 4-5 years, I appreciate the quiet of working from my home office. If I'm feeling like I don't want to work at my desk, I move to the couch. No 2nd screen, no proper keyboard or mouse, but it is a change.
Today the pest control professional sprayed our house. Again. Last time I managed to schedule it on a day I spent with a friend. Today.... I still need to work. He strongly advised that humans vacate the house for several hours. Thus I found myself at 8:05am walking into a strange coffee shop (they open and close so fast, I can't keep track) that seemed to have good ratings.
At first, the coffee shop was nice. I found a back corner with access to a plug. Ordered an ice chai. All good.... But now it is 9:30am and the back nook has filled up. ALL of the tables are full with women. When I realized one woman was complaining loudly of a day in which she took her kids to the pool and then had too little time to prep for dinner... I started digging desperately for headphones. ANYTHING to shut out the yammering. I am NOT a people person. Whatever tolerance I had for humans being nearby and talkingtalkingtalking is long gone. I have this horrible feeling of them all as invaders in my territory. Gah.
I will say that putting in the headphones and turning up the music to as loud as I can bear it.... helped. I wish I had brought better headphones, but even these brought me back from.... Yeah. I hate intrusive, noisy people. There is a reason I carry really really good headphones on airplanes. Being able to release the inner debate about whether the long term consequences of a killing spree would be worth it.... Yeah. WIth headphones, not worth it. All good.
I'm still counting the minutes until I can go back to my quiet cave.
Initially, I used to miss human companionship. I would go to local coffee shops to sit and work. There was this place that made the BEST sugar-free latte... But in the past 4-5 years, I appreciate the quiet of working from my home office. If I'm feeling like I don't want to work at my desk, I move to the couch. No 2nd screen, no proper keyboard or mouse, but it is a change.
Today the pest control professional sprayed our house. Again. Last time I managed to schedule it on a day I spent with a friend. Today.... I still need to work. He strongly advised that humans vacate the house for several hours. Thus I found myself at 8:05am walking into a strange coffee shop (they open and close so fast, I can't keep track) that seemed to have good ratings.
At first, the coffee shop was nice. I found a back corner with access to a plug. Ordered an ice chai. All good.... But now it is 9:30am and the back nook has filled up. ALL of the tables are full with women. When I realized one woman was complaining loudly of a day in which she took her kids to the pool and then had too little time to prep for dinner... I started digging desperately for headphones. ANYTHING to shut out the yammering. I am NOT a people person. Whatever tolerance I had for humans being nearby and talkingtalkingtalking is long gone. I have this horrible feeling of them all as invaders in my territory. Gah.
I will say that putting in the headphones and turning up the music to as loud as I can bear it.... helped. I wish I had brought better headphones, but even these brought me back from.... Yeah. I hate intrusive, noisy people. There is a reason I carry really really good headphones on airplanes. Being able to release the inner debate about whether the long term consequences of a killing spree would be worth it.... Yeah. WIth headphones, not worth it. All good.
I'm still counting the minutes until I can go back to my quiet cave.
