[globular-toast]

Before COVID I worked for a big multinational that got rid of all meeting rooms because they realised people could just have meetings at their desks. It was all open plan "hot desking". You'd literally have people transporting their sack of meat upwards of 50 miles each day just to sit at a desk on Skype all day talking to people on the other side the room. I found it particularly amusing when two people on the same call would be sitting right next to each other but talking through the screen.

There might be real reasons to be physically present at some places, but I think it's important to remember many places are like the above and the reasons for coming in are complete bullshit. For most people in an office coming in is mainly because they don't have an office at home. That's not a problem for most geeks who generally have a far better setup at home.