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No eating at desk policy

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  • #92
    Jakob Ashy Headboard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,709 ✭✭✭ Jakob Ashy Headboard


    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 agree people should get a proper lunch break. But if someone in an office on their own would prefer to have a sandwich at their desk while reading or listening to music or looking up stuff on the internet than going into the canteen, I don't really see why that should be an issue.
    It's not necessarily anti social. Some people really just enjoy having their lunch in peace and quiet.


  • #93
    A Battered Mars Bar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 419 ✭✭A Battered Mars Bar


    Only saps ate at their desk. Nothing worse than these ones ating their breakfast in front of the computer. F*ck out of bed earlier and ate at home you lazy c*nt


  • #94
    Jakob Ashy Headboard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,709 ✭✭✭ Jakob Ashy Headboard


    A Battered Mars Bar wrote: »
    Only saps ate at their desk. Nothing worse than these ones ating their breakfast in front of the computer. F*ck out of bed earlier and ate at home you lazy c*nt

    Why are you a sap if you eat at your desk?


  • #95
    whoopsadoodles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,058 ✭✭✭whoopsadoodles


    Jakob Ashy Headboard wrote: »
    Why are you a sap if you eat at your desk?

    Ate at your desk he said.

    Eating is grand. It's Ateing is the problem.


  • #96
    team_actimel
    Closed Accounts Posts: 785 ✭✭✭team_actimel


    A Battered Mars Bar wrote: »
    Only saps ate at their desk. Nothing worse than these ones ating their breakfast in front of the computer. F*ck out of bed earlier and ate at home you lazy c*nt

    I don't mind the ones eating sandwiches or breakfast bars (I do the same from time to time). It's the ones who eat their porridge or whatnot and they noisily clang their spoon in the bowl every minute or so in between typing and eating and then scrape the remains of the bowl which feels like an eternity.


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  • #97
    FanadMan
    Registered Users Posts: 3,820 ✭✭✭FanadMan


    somesoldiers wrote: »
    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)

    If it's surstromming, be glad she doesn't open the tin in the building......needs to be opened underwater and rinsed for ages otherwise it would really stink the place out. It is nice though.


  • #98
    Joe prim
    Registered Users Posts: 919 ✭✭✭Joe prim


    Jakob Ashy Headboard wrote: »
    I can understand asking people in shared offices not to eat cooked food at their desks.
    But surely someone in a room of their own, eating a sandwich and reading the paper or something interesting on the internet is not bothering anyone, and getting a proper break from work?

    I actually find our canteen more stressful than relaxing at times. People talking about work, a loudmouth who always hogs the conversation to discuss her family, her health etc etc, or just the general noise level when a lot of people are there at the same time.

    If this is what i think it is, (and it usually is) probably best not to do it at your desk, but wait until you are in the privacy of your own residence.


  • #99
    Aylin Clever Vapidity
    Posts: 0 ✭ Aylin Clever Vapidity


    whoopsadoodles wrote: »
    Ate at your desk he said.

    Eating is grand. It's Ateing is the problem.

    Eating bates Ateing.


  • #100
    Omar Tinkling Leakage
    Posts: 0 ✭ Omar Tinkling Leakage


    A Battered Mars Bar wrote: »
    Only saps ate at their desk. Nothing worse than these ones ating their breakfast in front of the computer. F*ck out of bed earlier and ate at home you lazy c*nt

    Na, I prefer the extra sleep and eating breakfast while browsing the internet and getting paid.


  • #101
    Teyla Emmagan
    Registered Users Posts: 5,641 ✭✭✭Teyla Emmagan


    The last thing I want to have to do on lunch is talk to my ****ing colleagues.


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  • #102
    corner of hells
    Registered Users Posts: 8,354 ✭✭✭corner of hells


    Teyla Emmagan wrote: »
    The last thing I want to have to do on lunch is talk to my ****ing colleagues.

    Your colleagues **** each other on thier lunch break ? In front of you ?


  • #103
    screamer
    Registered Users Posts: 6,130 ✭✭✭screamer


    Thing with office rules is that either they apply to everyone or they apply to no one, you can't have deviations or it'll be seen as unfair and unenforceable.

    Personally, I hate hate hate eating at a desk or seeing someone eating at a desk. Desks are filthy, and eating at them just gives more places for the friendly office mice to run around and sh!t all over, and I'm not talking about the ones you use with your computer.

    Lunch break should be that a break, not a sit at your desk and stink out the office whilst spreading crumbs ala Hansel and Gretel for the office vermin to feast on. If you detest your work colleagues so much that you can't share the canteen/ lunch room then take your lunch at a different time, or go out and about for lunch, there are as many solutions to this issue as there are complaints.


  • #104
    Omar Tinkling Leakage
    Posts: 0 ✭ Omar Tinkling Leakage


    screamer wrote: »
    Thing with office rules is that either they apply to everyone or they apply to no one, you can't have deviations or it'll be seen as unfair and unenforceable.

    Personally, I hate hate hate eating at a desk or seeing someone eating at a desk. Desks are filthy, and eating at them just gives more places for the friendly office mice to run around and sh!t all over, and I'm not talking about the ones you use with your computer.

    Lunch break should be that a break, not a sit at your desk and stink out the office whilst spreading crumbs ala Hansel and Gretel for the office vermin to feast on. If you detest your work colleagues so much that you can't share the canteen/ lunch room then take your lunch at a different time, or go out and about for lunch, there are as many solutions to this issue as there are complaints.

    Its like being back in school ffs, people should be free to eat lunch where they want. I very rarely eat lunch at my desk but I would sometimes eat breakfast there and dinner if I'm working late.

    But the idea that you wouldn't have the freedom to choose is just bizarre. Honestly I don't know how people work in some of the places I read about here with all the rules and regulations. I almost treat work as an extension of home and do more or less what I want, have the craic around the place and don't have to worry about stupid rules like not eating at your desk, dress codes and strict start times in the morning and other such nonsense I read about in other work places.


  • #105
    A Battered Mars Bar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 419 ✭✭A Battered Mars Bar


    Annabella Crashing Gorge wrote: »
    Na, I prefer the extra sleep and eating breakfast while browsing the internet and getting paid.

    Disgusting childish behaviour.


  • #106
    coffee_cake
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Politics Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 81,310 CMod ✭✭✭✭coffee_cake


    I eat breakfast at my desk, a few people do. I'd stop if anyone had an issue with the smell and stick to the canteen or whatever
    Rarely eat lunch at my desk, it's good to get away and clear your head a bit, but sometimes you go out to the shops and have lunch at your desk after


  • #107
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 17,728 ✭✭✭✭[Deleted User]


    Annabella Crashing Gorge wrote: »
    Na, I prefer the extra sleep and eating breakfast while browsing the internet and getting paid.

    Swings
    Annabella Crashing Gorge wrote: »
    ....... .... and dinner if I'm working late..........

    & roundabouts :)


  • #108
    miezekatze
    Registered Users Posts: 1,341 ✭✭✭miezekatze


    One of my colleagues was eating lunch at his desk today, it was a salad that mainly seemed to consist of onions and garlic. The smell was unreal! I ended up going for lunch earlier than usual as it was so distracting. I have another colleague who regularly eats microwaved fish or Asian food at his desk and stinks out the entire office. I wish we had a no desk lunch policy here! I don't mind people eating non-stinky food in the office and even do it myself occasionally, but there are too many inconsiderate people around.


  • #109
    _Jamie_
    Closed Accounts Posts: 603 ✭✭✭_Jamie_


    Annabella Crashing Gorge wrote: »
    I almost treat work as an extension of home and do more or less what I want, have the craic around the place and don't have to worry about stupid rules like not eating at your desk, dress codes and strict start times in the morning and other such nonsense I read about in other work places.

    Erm, in most workplaces, you'd have no choice but to follow some if not all of these rules. You wouldn't get the choice not to. That "nonsense" - certainly the dress code and start times - is commonplace.


  • #110
    Donal55
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,023 ✭✭✭Donal55


    whoopsadoodles wrote: »
    Ate at your desk he said.

    Eating is grand. It's Ateing is the problem.

    Aters gotta ate.


  • #111
    Mrs OBumble
    Registered Users Posts: 25,659 ✭✭✭✭Mrs OBumble


    No canteen in my current gig. So it's eat at the desk, pay heaps to eat in an overpriced cafe, or starve.


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  • #112
    WoollyRedHat
    Registered Users Posts: 10,462 ✭✭✭✭WoollyRedHat


    They tried to ban drinking at our desks.

    Fascists.


  • #113
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 26,052 ✭✭✭✭[Deleted User]


    I have a small office and usually close my door and eat at my desk. It's a welcome break from the constant interaction that makes up much of my mornings.


  • #114
    ChikiChiki
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,950 ✭✭✭ChikiChiki


    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?

    Can eat lunch, drink coffee, browse boards in my place at the desk. Generally 0 fcuks giving once I'm meeting deliverables.


  • #115
    kfallon
    Registered Users Posts: 25,775 ✭✭✭✭kfallon


    Never eat in work, live close enough that I can nip home for breakfast and go home and relax at lunchtime!


  • #116
    the_syco
    Registered Users Posts: 37,295 ✭✭✭✭the_syco


    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?
    The ****s who bring in indian takeaways or egg sandwiches are the ones to blame.


  • #117
    Lia_lia
    Registered Users Posts: 6,691 ✭✭✭Lia_lia


    We are prohibited from eating hot food at our desks. Sandwiches etc are fine. I often eat porridge at my desk though. Once it doesn't smell it's grand.


  • #118
    Edups
    Closed Accounts Posts: 678 ✭✭✭Edups


    Lia_lia wrote: »
    We are prohibited from eating hot food at our desks. Sandwiches etc are fine. I often eat porridge at my desk though. Once it doesn't smell it's grand.

    Are toasted sandwiches?


  • #119
    Lia_lia
    Registered Users Posts: 6,691 ✭✭✭Lia_lia


    ^ No!


  • #120
    beks101
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,802 ✭✭✭beks101


    I've been eating at my desk for close to a decade now as I've been working in newsrooms where the concept of stepping away for 30 minutes is entirely laughable and borderline a fireable offence. Hot-desking is the norm too so you can imagine the petri-dish of germs that accumulate. It sucks but what have you.

    There's a special place in hell reserved for people who heat up fish dishes in tupperware and inflict the smell on the entire room and people who don't wipe down their desks and keyboards after their shift.


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  • #121
    OldMrBrennan83
    Closed Accounts Posts: 26,658 ✭✭✭✭OldMrBrennan83


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