Sam: I'm Sam.
Neil: And I'm Neil.
Have you seen my pen, Sam?
It's not on my desk.
Sam: No, I haven't touched your pen, Neil.
Neil: ...And someone's taken my coffee mug too!
Agh, ever since we started hot- desking,
people in this office think they can do whatever they like!
Sam: Neil doesn't like the new rule about office hot-desking,
the system where workers don't have their own personal desk,
but use any available desk, on a temporary basis.
Maybe he should look for another job and quit the nine-to-five -
a phrase describing jobs which start at 9am and end at 5pm,
the normal hours that people in offices work from Monday to Friday.
Neil: Hmm, maybe I should quit.
I loved working from home during the pandemic -
no early mornings,
no crowded trains... and no-one using my pens!
Sam: As the Covid pandemic slows down,
more and more people are returning to work in the office.