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1. Unfettered access to all the fast-food restaurants located just steps from CIO.com's offices: Wendy's, Panera and my personal favorite, Taco Bell. There's nothing quite like trying to get your work done with an afternoon Taco Bell food hangover.

2. The "just stopping by" visit by colleagues. In the Lakes Region of NH (where I telecommute from), the only "drop by" I get are from the loons in the summer who love to sing their sometimes startling songs and passing snowmobiles in the winter. It's nice and all, but there's not a whole lot of dialogue going on.

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3. There are no children in the office. I'm going to go right ahead and point out the "double-edged sword" effect of working at home: You get to see your family more often...which can be both good and bad, depending on whether the "Scooby-Doo" theme that wafts up the stairs can be banished from your head and you don't mind almost blowing out your ankle on a Transformers robot every afternoon. I'll shut up now.