No. Having long suffered an unhappy home life, I've relished escaping that misery by heading in to the office. Perhaps egged on by Google, I also noticed a huge improvement in office conditions in high-end companies over the past 20 years or so: superb desks, ergonomic chairs, powerful computers with multiple large screens, well-stocked kitchens cleaned daily, fantastic coffee machines (some companies even providing chefs and baristas), ping pong tables, the list goes on and on. I was also lucky to have some fantastic and entertaining workmates, close friends, almost like family.

So the Covid lockdowns hit me really hard. Though the new on-line meetings were fun, I missed the daily office banter and especially the enjoyable physical activities that kept me fit, such as ping pong matches and going on walks together at lunchtime.

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