To telecommute or not to telecommute? That is the question

[danaeris]

So, TTC may be striking again tomorrow.

I was going to ride to and from work 7-5 p.m. (logging two extra hours work) with Will, so I wasn't going to USE TTC.

However, last Monday someone pointed out that if I show up when TTC is striking, work will think that I can ALWAYS show up when work is striking (which I can't). It's arguably a bad precedent to set.

I could telecommute. I'm not supposed to be allowed to do that anymore, but if they think I have no way of getting to work (and my work is COMPLETELY inaccessible with no TTC and no car), they have no choice if they want work done, and the work I do on Mondays is absolutely crucial and time sensitive (and they know that).

What's wrong with telecommuting?
(1) There are some files on my computer I'd have to get them to email me, and I'm not sure I remember the filename of some of them.
(2) Last Monday when I telecommuted, I wrote myself down as having logged an extra two hours just like I'd planned originally. I was going to work an extra two hours this time too. I don't know if I can get away with this!
(3) I have a fuckload of work I need to do, and it might even be easier to be productive at work. But then, I have a lot of work to do of my own, and I'd be able to do more of my OWN work from "home."

Any thoughts, advice, etc.?

Comments

[angel-thane.livejournal.com]

Phone the company, and ask if they'll pay for a cab to get you there.

That way, they'll know you can make it, but it gives them incentive to have you work from home.

[freefloat.livejournal.com]

I love this.

[angel-thane.livejournal.com]

Thanks. Decades of dastardliness have paid off, clearly. :)

[lilaznhottie604.livejournal.com]

I have no clue what these 5 messages i evidently sent you were, if you can recall any of them that will help me figure out what is going on and confirm if my screenname is being used by someone else or not. It may be a little bit before I get online again, so I will hollar at you all as soon as I can... I wonder how long it will take me to start writing Two Oh Oh Five. my priorities are to get my shower and get ready tos ee one of my friends from georgia who i havent seen in a year. and if you want to word me off you can just tell me to get away i would have been fine with that.

[danaeris.livejournal.com]

Hi, don't know who you are, but your comment wound up in my journal. Might want to recomment it where you wanted it to be in the first place!