What are good excuses to come to and work in the office? (In a country with semi-mandatory home office with exceptions being approved easily by employer)

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Wifi issues

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“I only wanna see my family on the weekends”

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“I need to work in the office 1-2 days per week. Please approve. Thank you in advance. “

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“I need to be able to take a dump in peace. Please approve”

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You actually want to come into the office? Just ask. No reason needed 😂. Everyone around me wants to stay WFH.

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Need to get supplies or documents from the office.

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Family with loud wild kids staying with you?

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construction in the building/across the street.
wi-fi out.
kids at home.
power/water out at home.

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There are extensive building repairs going on and it’s difficult to focus. A friend or family (you decide) is crashing with me and he’s working from my apt- I’d like to come into the office. If you have kids - there is an excuse in there. If it’s a specific project you have- X is a voluminous project and I work better off of it physical documents so I will be in the office for # of weeks working on it.

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Mental health.

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What.

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We are asked to work from home but could work from the office if really needed, e.g., repair work at home and thus cant focus/work, or other reasons -> looking for good reasons to use to not work from home (“can’t focus well” won’t cut it)

Huh?

Say you need to work from the office for your own mental health wellbeing which will be more than sufficient to get a desk in the office.

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