PSA: Dial-up turned 'working from home' into a family negotiation in the 90s
I was just remembering how my mom's office tried letting her work from home sometimes back in '97. She had to use our family computer with that screechy dial-up modem. Every time she needed to check email or send a report, we all had to stay off the phone for hours. It felt like a big deal, like we were helping with a space mission or something, lol. If my brother or I accidentally picked up the receiver, her connection would drop and she'd have to start over. Her boss would get annoyed because replies took so long, and they'd just tell her to come into the office instead. That whole experience made me see how new and clumsy remote work was back then. It's funny to think how far we've come from those days.