"John Rowland" gurgled happily,
sounding much like they were saying:

In the real world you know your place of work when you choose where to
live and vice versa.

True, but it can and does change - either short-term or long-term.

If your company has a habit of finishing your shift all over the city,
you would normally be on paid time until you get back to your normal
place of work (but not back to your house).

Ha. Yeh, right...

Meanwhile, here in the real world, employers relocate. They move jobs to
different sites. You work on customer's sites.