Kristen Schwab

Maggie, thanks for joining me.

Well, we are here to talk about something that I am passionate about, and maybe you are too, the idea that perhaps appliances have gotten too fancy.

What inspired you to write this story?

Wow.

So we're not the only passionate people about fridges.

What kind of complaints were you hearing from people you talked to?

Well, that makes me want to ask, you know, do these fancy fridges, do they start with us as consumers?

Is this something we're asking for or is this something that appliance makers are putting on us?

We're impossible to please, basically.

You know, we've seen sort of a rebellion against some technology, you know, like people are back to record players and digital cameras and even flip phones.

Are you seeing this in the kitchen?

Maggie Hennessey wrote about her frustrations with fridges for taste.

Maggie, thanks for sharing your story with us.

It seems like every handful of months, we get more announcements from companies that are calling their employees back to the office full time.

Automaker Stellantis is having its U.S.

employees return five days a week.

Same goes for corporate employees at Home Depot.

Now, we're hearing about this more from established brands, in part because they're established, big and buzzy.

But also, as it turns out, because being established has a lot to do with age.

Newer firms are more likely to offer flexible workplace policies, according to a study out this week from the National Bureau of Economic Research.