My Automobile Was Involved In An Accident Recently. How Glad I Am That I Work From My Home!
I am at home, working, as I Work From Home. My husband is out in my automobile, as his is in the garage, taking my stepson back to his mum. The drive should only last thirty minutes. I receive a phone call from my husband within minutes – he has crashed my vehicle. Luckily nobody is injured, but the vehicle is a mess. It is Christmas time. The weather is bad. Apparently there have been lots of car crashes recently and the insurance company are not positive that they can organize to pick up my vehicle or give us a courtesy vehicle until after Christmas.
There is one thing we do not need to worry about here – we both Work From Home, so we do not have the added hassle of how we will get to our jobs each day. Although it is a hassle not to have a car to pop to the shops, and there may be some Xmas day rearrangements to manage, we can continue with our jobs without issue.
My Internet Business does occasionally include visits to clients, but happily I had none sorted, so I would not need to put out anybody because of this accident. Most of my work involves Online Jobs and these can be done very easily without the need for a car.
As it happens, the garage who were tasked with repairing my car could come out the very next day and get it, leaving me a courtesy car at the same time. Again, the fact I Work From Home was a credit, as I did not need to ask for time from my work to take delivery of the courtesy car, or to see the safe recovery of my own car. The garage merely phoned 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 pressure because of this misfortune. I do not know how long my car will be in the garage, but it is not a worry. When they telephone to advise that my car is back to being as good as new and they are ready to return it to me, I shall once again be able to pop outside, check the car out, sign the papers and return to my home to carry on with my tasks.
The courtesy car does need to be returned with fuel and clean, so I may have to spend 30 minutes away from the house, arranging that, but it is certainly better than having to take yet another day off work at short notice, which could inconvenience many of my staff.
Definitely, the fact that I Work From Home has been an added bonus and caused me less trouble in these circumstances than would have been the case if I was employed by a business which required me to be in the office every day. I now just look forward to the return of my car looking as good as new.
