UPDATE: I picked up the monitor and docking port today and did manage to get them to fit with even my own laptop on the desk at the same time. But the monitor is at least 18" and it's just ridiculous. It was sitting in my windowsill which is already dented and scratched up by my window fan and all these cords and the power strip and stuff. I just unhooked it and put them under the snack bar on the floor and worked the rest of the day on my laptop. Well, I was able to get my 14" TV to serve as a monitor by using the VGA cable from the office. I have to keep the monster monitor "as a backup". I hate having to be responsible for that thing. If the TV situation stops working, I'm just using the laptop. It will be fine. The best thing is that the TV weighs 5 lb tops. Also, in this week's meeting, Boss said they are working on getting us all back in the office so I know my work-from-home days are limited.
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Boss Man says people above him insist we have two screens at least because one little laptop hampers productivity. I disagree. I know full well that having to deal with the same clients over and over is a big part of the problem, and the other part is me getting distracted. Basically, I don't want to bring home a big, heavy monitor and charging port. I don't really have room for this equipment. I can squeeze it onto my tiny desk in my room but I can't really clear it off at the end of my workday. At the moment I stick my laptop in my closet and I'm done. I would have to leave the monitor up, in the way of my after-work projects. There is really nowhere else to go in the house because the dining table would need to be cleared off and so would the snack bar. Mom's desk isn't bigger than mine and her desktop is there. There's a desk cubby but it would be my too-small desk, same as in my room. Beside all that, being out there is not best. My brother is loud and stompy and it's bad enough when I'm stowed away in my room. I can't imagine having to deal with him out there, laundry all over the table while I was trying to work, in the kitchen making noise. Mom insists on cooking dinner an hour before I'm done. I wouldn't be able to hear my clients. So, in my room I stay and I do alright with my laptop.
The alternative is I'm forced to go back to the office because I HAVE TO HAVE a second screen. I don't like that. I'm unvaccinated* and would have to mask the whole 8 hours, even alone at my desk. Difficult with allergies for that long. And I'd feel somewhat branded as an anti-vaxxer, which I'm not. No fratching, please, and see below. Anyway, there's that and the fact that I don't really want to stop working from home, despite the challenges. I guess I have to take the equipment but I feel like trying it, and if it doesn't work, putting it in my basement. Maybe I can find a way to configure it that works I asked Boss to find a monitor that was kind of small and not heavy, if possible. Also, when home I can listen to whatever I want online and in the office we can't. Nice when doing busywork.
And then here's the kicker: sometimes I do want to go back. It would solve a lot of annoyances with my family because I would not be home. It would get my butt out of bed and dressed earlier. It would force me to make sure I'm prepared with food. I honestly don't eat enough during the day because I don't pack a lunch and it's easy to binge at night. It would mitigate the electric bill because the AC is on at home mostly because I'm here. The office is frigid and I like it that way. I just can't seem to decide what I want to do.
*I'm not anti, just on the fence because this isn't technically like past vaccines and I'm a little nervous. What would push me is confirmation that it would keep me from infecting someone asymptomatically but no one has been able to cite any sources for that. If you have anything, please message me. I'm completely open to input. As it is, I mask around people indoors. I'm not very concerned about getting sick myself. I don't. I just pass stuff to others, I think.
Original post:
Boss Man says people above him insist we have two screens at least because one little laptop hampers productivity. I disagree. I know full well that having to deal with the same clients over and over is a big part of the problem, and the other part is me getting distracted. Basically, I don't want to bring home a big, heavy monitor and charging port. I don't really have room for this equipment. I can squeeze it onto my tiny desk in my room but I can't really clear it off at the end of my workday. At the moment I stick my laptop in my closet and I'm done. I would have to leave the monitor up, in the way of my after-work projects. There is really nowhere else to go in the house because the dining table would need to be cleared off and so would the snack bar. Mom's desk isn't bigger than mine and her desktop is there. There's a desk cubby but it would be my too-small desk, same as in my room. Beside all that, being out there is not best. My brother is loud and stompy and it's bad enough when I'm stowed away in my room. I can't imagine having to deal with him out there, laundry all over the table while I was trying to work, in the kitchen making noise. Mom insists on cooking dinner an hour before I'm done. I wouldn't be able to hear my clients. So, in my room I stay and I do alright with my laptop.
The alternative is I'm forced to go back to the office because I HAVE TO HAVE a second screen. I don't like that. I'm unvaccinated* and would have to mask the whole 8 hours, even alone at my desk. Difficult with allergies for that long. And I'd feel somewhat branded as an anti-vaxxer, which I'm not. No fratching, please, and see below. Anyway, there's that and the fact that I don't really want to stop working from home, despite the challenges. I guess I have to take the equipment but I feel like trying it, and if it doesn't work, putting it in my basement. Maybe I can find a way to configure it that works I asked Boss to find a monitor that was kind of small and not heavy, if possible. Also, when home I can listen to whatever I want online and in the office we can't. Nice when doing busywork.
And then here's the kicker: sometimes I do want to go back. It would solve a lot of annoyances with my family because I would not be home. It would get my butt out of bed and dressed earlier. It would force me to make sure I'm prepared with food. I honestly don't eat enough during the day because I don't pack a lunch and it's easy to binge at night. It would mitigate the electric bill because the AC is on at home mostly because I'm here. The office is frigid and I like it that way. I just can't seem to decide what I want to do.
*I'm not anti, just on the fence because this isn't technically like past vaccines and I'm a little nervous. What would push me is confirmation that it would keep me from infecting someone asymptomatically but no one has been able to cite any sources for that. If you have anything, please message me. I'm completely open to input. As it is, I mask around people indoors. I'm not very concerned about getting sick myself. I don't. I just pass stuff to others, I think.
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