An Excellent Case For Working From Home

The building I work in is arranged so all the offices are around a big central area. There are also other rooms for other things amidst the offices. 

My coworker stops by my office. 

Coworker: “Hey, quick question: do you know what conference room this is?”

Me: “What, the one over there?”

It’s two doors down from my office.).

Coworker: “Yeah, I didn’t know if the meeting was going to be in the ‘Sales Conference Room’ or the ‘Front Conference Room’ or what. The sign just says ‘Conference Room 1’. My phone indicates it’s ‘Sales Conference Room.’ Can you contact [Coworker #2] to see which room it is?”

Me: “…dude, she’s literally over there. You’ve been in her office like six times today.”

Coworker: “I knooooow, but it’ll save me some steps.”

I text [Coworker #2] for the details, but as I can see her from where I’m sitting, she’s engaged in a conversation with someone else. It might take a minute for her to get back to me. A thought occurs. 

Me: “Wait, what does the TV in the room say?”

Coworker: “The TV has my meeting displayed as an event, so I assume that’s the room?”

Me: “Hang on. Both that TV and the other TV in the other conference room will show the same thing. Let me see…”

I get out of my chair and follow him into the conference room. 

Coworker: “See? It doesn’t say what room it is.”

I point to the screen above me. 

Me: “It literally says, right there, under the gigantic timestamp, ‘Sales Conference Room.’” 

Coworker: “See?! This is why you’re here! You’re awesome, thanks!”

Me: “…I had to physically get up for this…”

As I went back to my desk, my coworker followed me to tell all the other people involved in the meeting that it was in Conference Room 1 (the “Sales Conference Room”), not the “Front Conference Room”. Did I mention this was a multimillion-dollar company?