It used to be that I had only a couple conditions with which to make me a reasonably happy, productive worker. One was my own space in which to work since I can't stand people looming over my shoulder while I'm trying to concentrate, and another was to have proper equipment for the task at hand. There's more, obviously, but those are the things without which the other conditions become rather irrelevant, and I become rather irate.

Today, I have added a new condition, one that I never thought I would need to add. That condition is:

Access to an indoor toilet. And not having to wash my hands in a snowbank afterwards.

(A hard hat in hazardous conditions might also be nice, but I believe that falls under the category of "proper equipment")