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No eating at desk policy

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    #62
    Emma1980
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    andekwarhola wrote: »
    I suggest working from home if you're that sensitive.

    I don't see it as being "that sensitive" but when you work in a fairly small office with 30 people, then some consideration needs to be taken for your co-workers....especially when there is both a kitchen and a canteen provided!!


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    #63
    midnight city
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    The cleaners may have complained too. Food trampled into the carpets etc


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    #64
    lawred2
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    Jakob Ashy Headboard wrote: »
    No eating lunch at your desk, please. This has just been introduced into my workplace, even for people in offices on their own. No real reason given.

    Just wondering if this is a standard thing in workplaces, and is it usually adhered to?

    ?

    what sort of arsehole introduced that policy?


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    #65
    Ted111
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    Do these bans extend to eating under your desk?


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    #66
    Stheno
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    Ted111 wrote: »
    Do these bans extend to eating under your desk?

    You've reminded me of a vile creature I used to work with who did foul things while hiding under their desk


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    #67
    Edups
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    Hammer89 wrote: »
    I eat at my desk, but I work from home. Enjoy your commute this evening.

    Seriously? That last comment (I removed it from quote) is that really necessary?

    By the by

    Online surveys aren't work hon xoxo


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    #68
    TallGlass
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    My problem with it is. The ****ers who piss off on lunch for an hour away from there desks, then come back and start eating lunch at there desk and doing so called 'work', talk about taking the piss.


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    #69
    pilly
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    Grayson wrote: »
    Crises bridges. :) My job was to manage a technical crises as it occurred.

    One Saturday, just after xmas I was in the office by myself. at 8:05 there was a major incident. I was on the phone till nearly 4pm. I couldn't leave for more than a minute or two. There was a massive box of roses chocolates on the desk for xmas and I had no food. I ate nearly all of them. I have never felt so sick. After that I started stocking up on snacks.

    What about going for a wee or should I ask. :D


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    #70
    Stheno
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    pilly wrote: »
    What about going for a wee or should I ask. :D

    Run to the toilet, pee at the speed of light and run back. These days with wireless headsets you can just head to the toilet wee in peace and put the headset on mute


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    #71
    BailMeOut
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    I worked at a financial services company where everyone ate at their desks and the keyboards were always disgusting. IT were always replacing or vacuuming all the crap out of them.


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    #72
    pilly
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    Stheno wrote: »
    Run to the toilet, pee at the speed of light and run back. These days with wireless headsets you can just head to the toilet wee in peace and put the headset on mute

    Oh I only thank god I'm out of the rat race!! Work for a much slower moving company now so no need to eat at the desk but I do have to say the art of conversation in the canteen has died anyway, everyone is on a bloody phone so it can be quite boring.


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    #73
    uch
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    Stheno wrote: »
    Run to the toilet, pee at the speed of light and run back. These days with wireless headsets you can just head to the toilet wee in peace and put the headset on mute

    I'd feel sorry for the poor fecker on the other end of the line if you needed a Dump though

    21/25



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    #74
    diomed
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    Jakob Ashy Headboard wrote: »
    No eating lunch at your desk, please. This has just been introduced into my workplace, even for people in offices on their own. No real reason given.
    Just wondering if this is a standard thing in workplaces, and is it usually adhered to?
    Don't let them grind you down. Stick it to the man, and get fired. :)


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    #75
    Ted_YNWA
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    Stheno wrote: »
    Run to the toilet, pee at the speed of light and run back. These days with wireless headsets you can just head to the toilet wee in peace and put the headset on mute

    I did that before one time & was paranoid that I never put it on mute.


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    #76
    ahlookit
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    Ted_YNWA wrote: »
    I did that before one time & was paranoid that I never put it on mute.



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    #77
    Zaph
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    davmol wrote: »
    I eat lunch at my desk and I usually bring in some stench fish like mackerel,Salmon etc.

    Im sure some of my workmates cant stand it but no one has said anything yet.

    We had a temp a few years ago who appeared to survive on nothing but tuna. She have a tin on bread for breakfast, another in a salad for lunch and usually another as a snack sometime during the day, all eaten at her desk. And as if the stench there wasn't bad enough, she had a habit of draining the tins in the sink in the kitchen and not running the tap afterwards. No amount of hints or eventually people asking her straight out to be a bit more considerate could get her to stop. There wasn't a single person sorry to see her go when her contract was up.


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    #78
    Edups
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    Zaph wrote: »
    she had a habit of draining the tins in the sink in the kitchen and not running the tap afterwards. No amount of hints or eventually people asking her straight out to be a bit more considerate could get her to stop.

    Same person no doubt erodes dishes in their sink.


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    #79
    Poor Uncle Tom
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    Mr.S wrote: »
    Even if the food doesn't smell, eating noises are really annoying.

    I don't like eating noises myself, I much prefer food.....:pac:


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    #80
    [Deleted User]
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    TallGlass wrote: »
    My problem with it is. The ****ers who piss off on lunch for an hour away from there desks, then come back and start eating lunch at there desk and doing so called 'work', talk about taking the piss.

    You wouldn't like working with in my place, we usually head of into town at 12:40 to have our sandwich got and be back to the tea room to start our hour of lunch from 1 to 2* :pac:

    *We can have lunch any time we want but my group of friends at work and I always have it from 1 to 2.


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    #81
    Rezident
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    Jakob Ashy Headboard wrote: »
    No eating lunch at your desk, please. This has just been introduced into my workplace, even for people in offices on their own. No real reason given.

    Just wondering if this is a standard thing in workplaces, and is it usually adhered to?

    No but I wish it was - kinda hard to work when people are eating smelly food near you, it's extremely obvious. Go for a walk or go out or something, how would you like it if I ate fish beside you while you were trying to work? It stinks.

    Get out of it.


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    #82
    Goya
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    By the way, I don't think anyone objects to someone eating at their desk in their own office. The smell and crumbs (if an issue obviously) in an open-plan office only is what's being referred to. I eat a quick lunch in the canteen - usually by myself, go out for some air, then go back to my desk for the rest of my lunch. Would of course have a tea or coffee, fruit (not an orange!) chocolate, yogurt, those kinda things at my desk though. But stuff like tuna, egg, onion and crumb shedders like sausage rolls/croissants are for the canteen in my opinion.
    MeatTwoVeg wrote: »
    If you didn't go to the canteen at tea break and lunchtime to socialise and chat with your colleagues where I work, people would think you were a right weirdo.
    I worked in a place like that - HR would even express concern if you took time for yourself. I lasted six weeks. I'm anything but anti social. I am in the company of my colleagues (whom I get on great with) and looking after customers and clients/attending meetings for 7.5 hours a day and I love my job. I want my breaks to myself mostly though - including stuff like making personal phonecalls, catching up on emails/social media messages. Plus I'm an adult.


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    #83
    Edups
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    Working in Slaney meats I used to go out somewhere quite for a cigarette break then again I return from a small walk through Clohamon village the canteen would be emptied out, so I could eat by myself... the other staff were decent folk I just rather be on my own during lunch. I don't see wanting an hour to yourself as a horrible thing at all


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    #84
    Aongus Von Bismarck
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    Dining al desko is one of the signs of the downfall of society. It's either a red flag that you aren't working to the best of your abilities, or that your employer has underestimated the resources required for that particular position.

    I work in a highly pressurised and demanding industry. That said; I can always take 30 minutes away from my desk to eat well, read a book, and listen to some music or a podcast. If the weather is suitable, then I'll always go outside to do so.


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    #85
    Stheno
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    Aongus Von Bismarck wrote: »
    Dining al desko is one of the signs of the downfall of society. It's either a red flag that you aren't working to the best of your abilities, or that your employer has underestimated the resources required for that particular position.

    I work in a highly pressurised and demanding industry. That said; I can always take 30 minutes away from my desk to eat well, read a book, and listen to some music or a podcast. If the weather is suitable, then I'll always go outside to do so.

    I'm disappointed I'd have been expecting you to be having two hour long corporate lunches


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    #86
    Roger Mellie Man on the Telly
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    I emptied my yoghurt over my keyboard in work years ago. It was an utter nightmare to clean. I've never eaten yoghurt at my desk since.


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    #87
    Agricola
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    As a card carrying member of the IMBA, this rule would do my head in. Bad enough to be listening to people's shít for 7 hours of the day, but to be forced to go to the canteen every day to listen to it for lunch........ no thanks.






    Irish Misanthropic Bastards Association


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    #88
    Username here
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    Grayson wrote: »
    I used to have a desk stuffed with healthy snacks. Oat bars, some nuts etc. I could be on phone calls that lasted up to 12 hours and unable to leave so I always had food in my desk to keep me going.

    I think saying nothing smelly is fine. Just no meals. Coffee, snacks are fine.
    I can only imagine the heap the place would have been in if they banned coffee :)

    TWELVE HOURS?!?!?! :eek: Did you have nappies at your desk as well?

    Jesus Christ.


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    corner of hells
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    Username here wrote: »
    TWELVE HOURS?!?!?! :eek: Did you have nappies at your desk as well?

    Jesus Christ.

    He charges 4 euros a minute to talk to him.His number is 0818 big boy and will wear the nappies for you.

    A bloke I know told me about him .


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    #90
    somesoldiers
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    Jakob Ashy Headboard wrote: »
    No eating lunch at your desk, please. This has just been introduced into my workplace, even for people in offices on their own. No real reason given.

    Just wondering if this is a standard thing in workplaces, and is it usually adhered to?



    it's just a gradual diminution of what we can decide to do for ourselves in the workplace. That and "casual Fridays", which we have every day during summer, Easter & Christmas although someone will probably moan that we only have it on Christian festivals one of these days and it'll be stopped altogether.


    We are not allowed "hot meals or cereals", though I don't see anyone enforcing it. Am happy to get away from my desk for breakfast and lunch anyway regardless of the rules.


    Reasons being I suppose- Stinkiness
    The Finnish girl in accounts is having that smelly fish sandwich again, do you know they leave that in the garden for 6 months to ferment (may or may not be served cold am not sure)
    The Indian IT guy having leftover curry or the Irish intern with his mum's coddle.
    Spillage & general hygiene though why this would only apply to hot foods in our place is beyond me


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    #91
    whiskeyman
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    Roger Mellie Man on the Telly wrote: »
    I emptied my yoghurt over my keyboard in work years ago. It was an utter nightmare to clean. I've never eaten yoghurt at my desk since.

    I bet your emails were written in a very cultured manner


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