Working remotely could be lonely. What comes next may feel the same.

These people have their own covid baggage weighing down their reasoning. They spent the past year believing that all of this was only temporary. Now, it turns out that working remotely may stick around, which makes them feel stuck, too, and not in a pleasant way. This whole ordeal won’t be over, they feel, until folks exchange awkward elevator nods as a matter of morning routine.