[push-to-prod]

Walking over and talking? You can just jump on Zoom for a quick chat with a coworker. Text messages are low bandwidth, but Zoom calls are not.

Everyone on my team is available for a Zoom call when they're at their laptops, which is for the majority of the working day.

Just because your workplace didn't result in an ideal result doesn't mean that it's the norm.

[euniceee3]

In person I can walk by the person and see if they are available for a quick chat. Typing a novel is a pain when a water cooler chat will work. IF the person is busy then you dont shoulder tap.

[hotnfresh]

I wonder how typing ability corresponds to wfh vs rto preference.

I can type at about conversion speed without trying too hard, so “typing a novel”, as you put it, isn’t a big deal to me.