A fuming mother has blasted her neighbour - after he supposedly banned her kids from talking in her garden because he was unable to get his work done next door.
The majority of workers both here in Ireland and in the UK are now being offered the option to work form home, either on a full-time basis or as part of a hybrid work week.
It can be tough to adapt to at first, especially if you have a job which requires the utmost concentration.
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One man in the UK though, appears to have taken it too far, causing a mother to take to the internet to put him on blast.
The Mirror UK report that the anonymous Mam took to Mumsnet to explain what had happened and why she was so annoyed.
The mum wrote: "We've come back from holiday to find neighbour has re-organised his home office and he now sits at a massive (open) window right on the boundary between our gardens.
"I sat outside at our patio table this morning to have a coffee and I could hear every word he said through his open window, could hear every word his colleagues said in their online meetings.
She continued: "My ten-year-old son and his pals are sitting outside at the table trading Pokemon cards. There are four of them, they are laughing and chatting but they're not shouting or being silly. And it's a sunny afternoon in the school holidays, they can be outside laughing in the garden if they want to be.
"Neighbour has just come to the door to ask me if I can take them inside because he has a full afternoon of work meetings and their noise is distracting him. I said "what, the whole afternoon? You want them to stay indoors all afternoon?"
"He said completely straight-faced "I'll be working till 6.30pm."
"I laughed and said "well no, that won't be possible". At this point he said in a very slow, careful, mansplaining voice just in case I couldn't follow him "I don't think you understand. I have a Very Important Job. These are very important meetings. I negotiate multi-million dollar contracts every day, I need to be able to concentrate."
"I just said "no, we'll carry on using our garden as we always have. Maybe you could close your window when you're needing to concentrate. And just so you're aware, I can hear you and your colleagues when your window is open, I hope you're not saying anything confidential.
People defended the woman, saying she was right not to make her son and his friends move inside.
"Oh goodness I'd be inviting my children's friends round more often. Maybe set up a paddling pool or trampoline", one commented, followed by a smiling face.
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