Due to the coronavirus pandemic, office workers, students and schoolchildren in Russia are self-isolating at home and doing their best to keep up a professional attitude – with many setting up home offices. Twitter users have started sharing photos of their home workplaces, and we’ve compiled a small collection for you. Here is how kitchens, living rooms and window sills have turned into temporary workplaces.
Ну что самоизолировавшиеся, показывайте рабочее место на сегодня pic.twitter.com/n07S56rqXz
— А Та Та (@yutrsl) March 16, 2020
“Well, the self-isolating crowd, show us your workplace for today”
Покажите ваши домашние рабочие места?
— анонимный иррационал (@tedyfox) March 16, 2020
Я вот ограбила кухню, пока меня не доставила мне рабочий стол pic.twitter.com/7Y3HbZKtQJ
“Show your workplaces? I had to raid my kitchen before I had a desk delivered”
— мать шакалов (@allanoire) March 16, 2020
Как-то так pic.twitter.com/zJzTgOROnM
— Volodymyr Sapiha (@sapiha) March 16, 2020
— Gleb (@fckndrms) March 16, 2020
у меня ничего не изменилось, я фрилансер)) pic.twitter.com/3qeuboJ2He
— вик ты чего (@KantWilde) March 16, 2020
“For me, nothing has changed, I am a freelancer))”
— Бесишь (@sergey_buruhin) March 16, 2020
It turns out that many people have much better workplaces than expected. “Where do you get such beautiful apartments?” wonders user Alexander Fast. “Everybody has such clear desks, I don't believe you. You simply don't work at them,” says @PonyHead.
Мое рабочее место - диван. pic.twitter.com/YSWMct2igw
— D.E.S. (@katydmtr) March 16, 2020
“My workplace is my sofa”
да, я вытер стол. и убрал кружку с чаем. не знаю, зачем. на автомате. pic.twitter.com/L8cerrixVX
— sto_lboff (@ili_okolo_togo) March 17, 2020
“Yes, I wiped the desk and removed my tea mug. I don't know why. Did it in auto mode.”
That said, a poll conducted by the VTsIOM pollster a year ago showed that the majority of Russians, 60 percent, think that work in the office is more effective than work from home. One in five said they were distracted by thoughts about the fridge, the bed and a generally relaxed atmosphere.
— dead lesbian (@dead_lesbian) March 16, 2020
когда хочешь рабочий кабинет, но лишней комнаты нет. Берешь балкон, проводишь электричество - ебашишь. pic.twitter.com/S8mzYcSf6i
— мертвый художник (@dotka_xyetka) March 16, 2020
“When you want to study but there is no spare room. You go to your balcony, hook it up to the electricity – and start f*cking working hard.”
С романтикой питерских крыш pic.twitter.com/bYi24qAk3x
— последняя из Гоголевых (@gogolevaaa) March 16, 2020
“Enjoying a view of St. Petersburg’s rooftops”
And this is what the temporary workplace of our Culture desk editor looks like.
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