The dumbest argument for returning to the office I've ever seen is “humans are social creatures, we are stimulated by social interaction.”
Even if it is 100% true. Here's why:
The wrong type of social interaction will turn you off from more healthy social interaction.
If I've just spent all day “socializing” with a bunch of shitty co-workers all day, not getting to have the conversations I would CHOOSE to have, by the time I'm off work, I'm exhausted from being around people, I wasn't mentally stimulated from any of the talks about fucking RFQs or RFPs or any other work related bullshit.
Now I don't WANT to be around people because I need to recharge.
I have never had work conversations so good that I wouldn't trade them in a heartbeat for a mediocre conversation with friends.
WFH means that when I choose to socialize, I'm picking the people I want to be around, in the environment that stimulates me the most.
Fuck any “I-just-took-a-corporate-brodown-seminar-on-the-joys-of-office-work” fuckbois who say otherwise
Sorry, I just had to get that out because I keep seeing that argument come up and it drives me bonkers