Work from home realness: Pets are not making it easy

It’s good to be back home and spend more quality time with our companion animals, but sometimes, they are not making it easy for us humans to work while they’re there.

Sometimes, we’re in a video conference, but our cats jump in the frame. Phone call with the boss? No problem, our dogs just keep barking for treats.

Other pet owners share their personal experiences on Twitter and we’ve compiled them here:

When you start recording a midweek video update for the team and your cat comes in the window #workingfromhome pic.twitter.com/gN7cUeUvdw
— Colin Welch (@colinwelch) March 25, 2020

“Helping” dad work from home by ensuring all the cables have been chewed, attacked and are now behaving themselves 😹😹😹 #CatsOfTwitter pic.twitter.com/l5qoaYXsFF
— Dax Cat #ambassacat (@Dax_Cat) March 27, 2020

We’re at the point of the WFH experience where my dogs loud snoring has fully interrupted a video conference call 🤣 pic.twitter.com/0d2XCPnTpw
— Sarah Swinehart Massey (@Sarah_Swinehart) March 25, 2020

One of my cats (Muon) has really strong feelings about solid-state NMR data processing #NMRchat #WFH pic.twitter.com/XJjlXF4UnY
— Kent Griffith (@KentJGriffith) March 25, 2020

Saddens me to have to officially report the first #workingfromhome workplace incident.

While taking a quick yoga break, the cat attacked my hoody drawstring, causing a deep facial laceration.

Paperwork has been completed and disciplinary action is expected #WFH pic.twitter.com/t3TrLZzW70
— Prof Richard Johnston (@DrRichJohnston) March 18, 2020