Keep in mind that work from home doesn't literally mean work from home. One can 'work from home' in an office, on the train, or even in a field out in the middl

Keep in mind that work from home doesn't literally mean work from home. One can 'work from home' in an office, on the train, or even in a field out in the middle of nowhere. It means work from wherever, whenever. It represents autonomy. It is the autonomy that is enviable. A manual labourer needing to be at a remote location in order to do the job, but able to come and go as he pleases, would be met with similar statements of "Good for you", "You are lucky". If you, instead, told that you were locked in your bedroom from 9-5 and if you so much as stop moving your mouse you will be instantly fired, "I'm sorry" would assuredly follow. It is not the "from home" part that you are being congratulated on.