Great stories? Sure, I suppose. Not the kind that tend to be conducive to a productive work environment, though.

In general, do you really get work done in a coffee shop or any kind of public place like that?

I find myself needing a very quiet and orderly environment if I really want to deeply focus and get work done.

>do you really get work done in a coffee shop or any kind of public place like that?

Yes, definitely.

For me it's that despite the noise, I have complete confidence that none of it is relevant to me, so I can ignore it completely. In offices, tons of things are relevant for me because I'm a popular random-problem-solver. At home, anything could be relevant, even though most of it is not.

The noise isn't the issue, it's the brainpower spent on triaging the noise.

  > none of it is relevant to me, so I can ignore it completely.

If I manage to properly digest this then you may have just changed my life. Thank you.

I take it this is more of a meta-realization than one acutely related to open working environments

In case the joke wasn't clear: Waffle House is infamous for often having fights started by inebriated late-night customers - the sort of thing that'll certainly leave you with some stories to tell.

> do you really get work done in a coffee shop or any kind of public place like that?

sir, there is an entire class of developers (including myself) that work remote exclusively out of coffee shops. Its where I can most easily get the creative mojo going.

Coffee shop is excellent background noise for many people. Back in the day I had some audio online and used it instead of white noise. It worked very well to help me concentrate until I started to notice the same sounds since it was a loop.

That’s how I am as well, but I’ve grown to appreciate that everyone has different ideal working environments. The main reason I prefer WFH over RTO is the open office floor plan makes it very difficult for me to focus and work. I find it quite distracting.

The office is dehumanizing. Not only bench seating and cube farms but offices too. Before Facebook gutted the long corridors of offices at the old Sun Micro, it was affectionately called Sun Quentin

For a second I read WFH as Waffle House and not Work From Home.

Not for everyday work but sometimes I need that change of pacing.

Why WFH [Work From Home] when you can WFH [WaFfle House]?

Yeah but these are usually not in urban centers but more like highway exits. For city dwellers a waffle house is usually not an option