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Breakfast at your desk

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  • #102
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    klm1 wrote: »
    I don't have a problem with someone eating snacks at their desk, or eating lunch/breakfast at their desk if they are just too busy to take a full break. But if someone who works with me ate their lunch whilst working and then disappeared for a full hour, I'd pull them up on it.

    Youd be laughed out of it anywhere Ive ever worked and possibly questioned as to why you were creating a problem where none exists.


  • #103
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    Work from home some mornings so make and have breakfast with my partner before he heads to work. On the days I'm not working from home I go for an early swim and pick up breakfast at my work canteen and have it in my box of an office before work, I love doing that. It's very relaxing and sets me up for the day.

    Provided people aren't eating stinky food I don't see the problem.


  • #104
    Dial Hard
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    There's a blanket ban on eating at your desk in my company and I really like it, I have to say. No stinky food smells at all. Although I can't imagine being so exercised by the smell of fish in the office that you'd go home over it like one poster.


  • #105
    ger vallely
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    I have a pint of water at home before I leave. In work (preschool) I have my breakfast while the children are having lunch. A bowl of raspberries and blueberries with Greek yogurt. So I guess it kind of is at my desk. Lovely to sit with a group of 4/5 year olds, nattering and eating.


  • #106
    mvl
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    Breakfast at my desk : no need, plenty of time for that at home while I prepare lunch boxes for my kid.
    Lunch though - I used to go out for lunch with peeps from my team before, or have a lunch group // when I was having less responsibilities ...
    Now I don't have time to go to the canteen/restaurant: I would have a sandwich at my desk while ringing into virtual meetings/do my work. Other ppl do the same, guess the company culture allows that.


  • #107
    LimeFruitGum
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    I prefer to start early instead of working late. I’ll have finished my breakfast & cleaned my crockery long before most people come into the office, so it’s usually not a problem.

    When I am on video calls with Californian clients, a few of them will have brought their breakfast in the meeting room, and eat away during the call. These companies provide free food, so employees will usually have their breakfast at work. They’re not really paying attention to the call while they’re eating, but they’re the client, you have to remain polite and repeat yourself as necessary.


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