People love the anecdotes, and many seem to believe the workforce is filled with George Costanzas (who did this in person, so WFH isn't the real problem). youtube.com/shorts/210z3...

George's Hack For Looking Busy At Work 😠 | #Shorts | Seinfeld

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In the old days, peeps would carry a memo around all day to look busy [Guilty as charged]. With the paperless office, they now bring noisy-fanned laptops to meetings and do some irritated keystrokes from time to time.