What's worse than CBD cafes demanding we go back to the office to keep them in business? Extroverts who can't get their work done without annoying the rest of us. You can issue as many ukases as you want, we are not coming back to keep you company.

https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/the-crazy-wfh-experiment-is-over-water-coolers-are-the-biggest-winners-20240806-p5k022.html

The crazy WFH experiment is over. Water coolers are the biggest winners

The nation’s biggest workforce has been ordered back to the office, but I’m not sure I agree with Chris Minns’ mandate.

The Sydney Morning Herald
@johnquiggin In the office, work from home, neither worries me.
What I am cranky about is that Sydney CBD businesses are given priority over suburban ones and also that commercial property donors are driving government policy.
I feel particularly bad for all those that have to commute for hours to meet a mandate that has nothing to do with their work.
It's a direct transfer of wealth from those office workers.
@johnquiggin I read CBD as cannabidiol there
@johnkozak @johnquiggin Me, too - makes the conspiracy theory a lot more fun.