Pretend there’s a pandemic?: Bengaluru entrepreneur calls for WFH amid traffic woes

Bengaluru: An entrepreneur from Bengaluru took to social media about the city's much-talked-about traffic woes. He asked why we could not just pretend to be living in the pandemic era and go back to working from home and conducting meetings online. Netizens weighed in and offered solutions, too. 

"Why can’t we pretend there is a pandemic and it’s called road traffic and go back to working from home and doing online meetings. It’s painful to get stuck for 2hrs on a Monday morning and act enthusiastic. There is no medicine for the stress from Bangalore traffic," said entrepreneur Dilip Kumar on X. 

It did not take long for netizens to react to the resonating post. They put forward numerous solutions and also poured out their frustrations over the city's troublesome traffic situation. 

Many people spoke of how the delays in getting to work often disrupted their moods in the morning. They also talked about how commuting delays stretched out their work days, leaving them with no work-life balance. 

"All the energy is gone while commuting. All you can think of at work is getting back home," said one. A second netizen stated, " No productivity comes out if you spend your best productive time on the road amid non-stop honking." 

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Another opined, "It’s the Indian corporate leadership that has to take this call and tell their global leadership that this will not work in Bangalore. Someone needs to grow a spine. While full remote might not be an option for some, a fluid approach can work. Let teams take that call." 

One netizen blatantly called the traffic crisis a "pandemic" and stated that there was no need to "pretend". Some netizens, on the other hand, claimed that their only motivation to opt for work from home and move out of the city was the intolerable traffic woes.