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Bath & loo | The strangest places Brits claim to be working at home

The strangest places Brits claim to be working at home

With UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson recently telling Brits to ‘work from home if you can’, many people will go back to their makeshift offices while others will continue to work from home as they have been since the pandemic hit.

New research has revealed that some workers are combining professional tasks with everyday activities around the house – and this means that some have been working from the strangest of places.

A recent study from the notebook vendor and motherboard manufacturer ASUS revealed that millions of Brits are putting so much into their current role that they are taking laptops with them when they pop to the loo or have a bath.

As was reported by Wales Online, 32% said that they work while going to the loo, with 18% starting work before they have even gotten out of bed and ten per cent tapping away on their keyboard while having a bath.

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