I finally visited that co-working spot on Elm Street and had a moment

So I walked into The Workshop on Elm last Tuesday because my home internet died right before a client call. The place was quiet but the guy next to me was on speakerphone with his client changing deadlines mid-sentence... I could hear the panic in his voice. It got me thinking about how we all deal with this junk differently. Has anyone else ever worked from a random spot and had a client pull the rug out?

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fionamurphy8d ago

Man, that's rough. Working from random spots is always a gamble. You're not even paying for reliable internet half the time, just hoping for the best. Speakerphone guy probably didn't even realize he was broadcasting his stress to the whole room. Co-working spaces are just offices for people who don't have offices, same chaos different chairs.

hunt.hayden7d ago

Grab a hotspot device, they're like sixty bucks and pay for themselves after one bad coffee shop day. I keep a backup battery pack in my bag too, saved me when the only outlet was behind a plant. Also noise cancelling earbuds are a must, the cheap Anker ones work fine for blocking out random conversations. Learned that one the hard way after getting stuck next to a guy who thought his Teams meeting needed to be a public performance.

garcia.wren6d ago

fionamurphy's right about speakerphone guy, but those hotspots are useless if your phone's already your primary hotspot.