[crabbone]

If I had to pair-program, I'd probably call in sick. And if this was a repeated demand, I'd eventually just quit.

To me, this is one of the worst ways to work. I very much prefer to communicate in writing, and at prearranged times. To me, the idea that there's another person working with me on the same problem at the same time is as absurd as having another person cooking in the same kitchen with me, or painting on the same canvas as me. Whatever result I can produce on my own, it will be ten times worse if I had to do it with someone else working on the same problem with me.