Christmas 2021 is over, the bank holidays have gone and people are returning to work. Again we hear that a number of workers are being asked to work at home.

Have you considered how much money the employer is saving by having you work at home?

He will no longer have to heat the offices or supply lighting. You will be supplying your own heating and lighting, and of course, it would be at your expense.

How many of you will be supplying your own computers and printers et cetera? How many of you will be upgrading your broadband systems because your normal one is insufficient?

There is another small thing insignificant but still will save your employer money, you will be supplying your own cups of tea or coffee, no more chats around the coffee urns, these were always taking place during working hours.

If you are working from home how strict are you about the working hours? It is extremely possible that you will be saying to yourself I must just finish this. Indeed how strict will you be about working hours?

I started this off with the heading of lonely people,
one group of lonely people that automatically spring to mind are the old-age pensioners.
I am sure that this is not the retirement that they envisaged during their working days.

The old photographs of people living in the large towns and cities Show them standing around their front doors chatting to their neighbours, but if you live in a flat especially one of the high-rise buildings, you do not do this about the only place you meet is in the lift that is if it is working, this means that a communal area has vanished. No more greeting your neighbour as they are on the way to the shops, no more putting grandad or grandma in a chair by the front door where they can meet and speak to everyone.

Is this the type of future that you look forward to when you are limited in your mobility?

Politicians are not considering your future, all they are considering is today and today’s happenings.

Have you as an individual ever communicated with your political representative, do they know that you even exist, or are you someone who just ticks the box at election time?