I know, I once worked at a startup where I made the mistake to ask for a laptop instead of a good old boring workstation, figuring that I might want to use it f

I know, I once worked at a startup where I made the mistake to ask for a laptop instead of a good old boring workstation, figuring that I might want to use it from home sometimes... I did only once. My desk was a bit too close to the conference room and I could hear people talking aloud on the phone, it was overall extremely unpleasant. Of course I could kinda work with the laptop and the noise, but I never attained the magic -flow-