Employees going on 'fake commutes' to help separate home and remote work KTRK Share: So now there is something called a "fake commute." Office worker Susan Jaworski says she started doing a "fake commute" for a very good reason. "One more email, one more phone call, that one more message, that 10 minutes was turning into an hour, two hours," said Jaworski. The COVID-19 pandemic sent Jaworski and millions of other office workers home, and months later, those workers are still at home, and issues are beginning to pop up. "The longer I went, the harder it was. The blend between home and work was starting, and there wasn't really a transition," said Jaworski.