Mr. Kilgannon's NYT newsroom view apparently offered him the above distraction at some point today. It looks very much like a male model perched against a building, standing slightly elevated from the sidewalk on a ledge, being photographed in a shirtless, beefcake pose only wearing what looks like a tiny red, white and blue pair of briefs, a headband and sneakers.
And like a now viral photo appearing today of President Biden wearing a pair of Skechers with no socks, it is impossible to tell if the model is also without socks. I don't really think it matters. (There is a famous photo of 1952 presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson seated on a stage with his legs crossed with a dangling foot showing a sizable hole in the sole of his shoe. The photo won a Pulitzer for the photographer.)
Manhattan employers have been trying all sorts of inducements to get their employees back into the office after the pandemic. Free food, transportation vouchers and dry cleaning services have had little success in inducing the workers to come back into the office any more than two or three days a week.
Some employers have played hardball threatening to withhold bonuses, or raises unless physical workplace attendance improves. They may have been offering the wrong inducements, and making the wrong threats.
I don't really know this, but my guess is the median age of the NYT newsroom staff is around 34, likely equally divided amongst male and female employees. I like to think a view such as photographed by Mr. Kilgannon today attracted more people to the window than just Mr. Kilgannon aiming his cell phone.
Management might change their tact on return to work inducements by emphasizing what an employee might be missing by not coming back into the city—namely what views the city offers of itself.
You never know what works until you try it.
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