Sharing Parental Experiences

I am at home, busy at my computer, as I Work From Home. My partner is out in my car, as his is in the garage, giving my stepchild back to his mum. The journey should only last 30 minutes. I receive a telephone call from my partner a short while later – he has crashed my vehicle. Luckily nobody is hurt, but the vehicle is a mess. It is Xmas time. The weather is bad. Apparently there have been a good deal of car crashes recently and the insurance company are not sure that they can plan to collect my vehicle or give us a courtesy one until after Christmas.

There is one thing we do not need to fret over here – we both Work From Home, so we do not have the added hassle of how we will get to the office each day. Although it is a bother not to have a vehicle to pop to the shops, and there may be some Xmas day rearrangements to sort out, we can continue with our jobs without issue.

My Internet Business does from time to time include visits to customers, but happily I had none booked, so I would not need to trouble anybody because of this accident. Most of my work involves Online Jobs and these can be carried out very easily without the need for transport.

As it happens, the garage who were given the job of repairing my vehicle could come out the next day and collect it, leaving me a courtesy vehicle at the same time. Again, the fact I Work From Home was a bonus, as I did not need to ask for time from my work to take delivery of the courtesy vehicle, or to see the safe recovery of my own car. The garage merely called as the driver was leaving and I was able to meet him to sort out the handover. Within 15 minutes all was done. No more time than a coffee break would take in an office, but had I been working away from home I would no doubt have needed to take a whole morning or afternoon off work to sort this out.

Back into my house and carry on with my Online Jobs. My Internet Business was not at all put under stress because of this misfortune. I do not know how long my vehicle will be in the garage, but it is not an issue. When they phone to advise that my vehicle is back to being repaired and they are ready to return it to me, I shall once again be able to go outside, check the vehicle out, sign the papers and return to my house to carry on with my jobs.

The courtesy vehicle does need to be returned with fuel and washed, so I may have to spend 30 minutes away from the house, doing these tasks, but it is certainly better than having to take yet another day off work at short notice, which could inconvenience many of my colleagues.

Definitely, the fact that I Work From Home has been an added benefit and caused me less trouble in these circumstances than would have been the case if I was employed by a firm which required me to be in the office every day. I now just look forward to the return of my vehicle looking as good as new.