I mean, who are they even trying to appeal to any more?
Actually, as a result of working from home, I’ve had some of the most productive [though not necessarily cost-effective or financially rewarding] years of my life - contrary to the words of Boris Johnson who says that ‘working from home doesn’t work’.
It does - and Boris Johnson knows it does - but because he is essentially trying to tap into the mentality of people who can’t possibly fathom the concept of ‘working from home’, it obviously makes it true - right?
His words were:
“My experience of working from home is you spend an awful lot of time making another cup of coffee and then, you know, getting up, walking very slowly to the fridge, hacking off a small piece of cheese, then walking very slowly back to your laptop and then forgetting what it was you're doing.”
In a way, it serves as a near-perfect metaphor for his mostly distracted and rudderless leadership.
But aside from the obvious contradiction in the fact that Boris Johnson spends most of his time working from either one of his several homes [including 10 Downing St. and Chequers, where the interview was conducted - presumably while the Prime Minister wasn’t working… uh, from home], it’s out of lockstep with modern society and the post-pandemic services-based economy.
So why say it?