A man has sparked a conversation online after sharing why working remotely from a flat does not feel like “work from home” to him. In a video posted on Instagram, Virendra spoke about living alone, spending the entire day in the same room and missing the little things that make a place feel like home.
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For him, the difference is not about whether he is working from an office or a flat, but about being around family.
‘This is not home. This is just a flat’
“What even is work from home, brother? I don't understand what work from home even is. I am doing work from flat, right? Wake up in the morning, open your laptop, work, and then close the laptop in the evening and then sleep in the same room again. Wake up in the same room in the morning and do the same work again,” Virendra said.
He added that repeating the same routine every day from one room does not give him the feeling of being at home.
{{/usCountry}}He added that repeating the same routine every day from one room does not give him the feeling of being at home.
{{/usCountry}}“How can I call this home, brother? This is not home. This is just a flat. Home is where you hear your mother's voice, where your father asks if you've eaten, where once work is done, you genuinely feel like, 'Brother, I am at home.' And this is just a place where I am working.”
‘Family truly makes a house a home’
Virendra also compared the experience with working from an office, saying that there was hardly any difference for him apart from the surroundings.
“There is no difference between an office and this room, except that the monitor size is changing. I am not working from home. I am working from a flat. And trust me, this is not the same thing. So we need work from home, I need work from home.”
Watch the clip here:
Internet reacts
The video received reactions from users who related to Virendra’s thoughts, particularly his point about family being what makes a place feel like home.
“I can feel the pain in your voice, bro,” one user wrote. Another agreed, saying, “This is so true.”
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A third person echoed his thoughts about being around family and commented, “Absolutely right. It’s family that truly makes a house a home.” Another user simply wrote, “I completely agree with you.”
HT.com has reached out to the user for her comments, and the copy will be updated once her response is received.
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