Re:America’s Buses Need Our Love More Than Ever (2018)
by perl4ever on Sunday September 08, 2019 @10:44PM
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In the process/after writing the above comment, I was looking at Amtrak's schedules, and thinking about the concept of commuting to NYC from Albany. It occurred to me after a minute, to imagine a job where, instead of trying to get to the city in time for work, I got on the train more like 8-9 AM, and was considered to be "at work" on my laptop for the next couple of hours, and the same coming home. Perhaps there are people who do that, and it might be an interesting way to live.
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Re:America’s Buses Need Our Love More Than Ever (2018)
by TylerE on Sunday September 08, 2019 @11:41PM
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Of course, that begs the question of: If you can do your job on a train on your laptop, why the hell are you traveling to an office in the first place?
The best car alternative is not going anywhere.
Re:America’s Buses Need Our Love More Than Ever (2018)
by inferiorhuman on Monday September 09, 2019 @12:09AM
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Of course, that begs the question
Begging the question is a logical fallacy.
If you can do your job on a train on your laptop, why the hell are you traveling to an office in the first place?
Potentially there are some, but not all, parts of the job that can be done without face-to-face interaction. Or potentially there are parts of the job that can be done without face-to-face interaction but would still benefit from being in the office.
Re:America’s Buses Need Our Love More Than Ever (2018)
by perl4ever on Monday September 09, 2019 @09:47PM
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Yeah, I mean, let's say you need to be in the big city in the first place to have meetings with people, you get to work on the train in relative peace, you have your meetings around mid day, and then you get to work alone in the afternoon.
The drawback would be that the train isn't that smooth or quiet.