[heyitsanewacco]

I go to meetings for a living. Its been a huge productivity boost to not have to walk 15 minutes across campus to meet my clients. Plus I never have to worry about not having a projector.

Although you're right, I did go back to the office the other day and spent a good hour talking to a co-worker about their Caribbean vacation. I hadn't had one of those in years. Not sure how that boosted innovation and productivity tho.

[angryasian]

>Not sure how that boosted innovation and productivity tho.

I think positive interactions with co workers is a productivity boost, it makes you not hate work so much.

[saila]

I rarely found those kinds of interactions positive. They were often very one-sided where I felt like a captive audience with no easy out.

I really don't enjoy talking about my personal life, even benign stuff, with 99.99% of coworkers, and I've found that there are plenty of ways to have positive interactions without getting into anything remotely personal.