Poll: Do you eat at your desk?
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Oct 15, 2017

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neilmac
neilmac
Spain
Local time: 19:28
Spanish to English
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Sometimes Oct 15, 2017

But only very rarely. I did it one day last week because I felt peckish when I wasn't quite finished working for the day.

 
Gudrun Maydorn (X)
Gudrun Maydorn (X)  Identity Verified
Germany
Local time: 19:28
English to German
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Never Oct 15, 2017

I prefer a change of scenery and would hate to spill coffee over my equipment.

 
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida  Identity Verified
Portugal
Local time: 18:28
Member (2007)
English to Portuguese
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Never Oct 15, 2017

I don't eat at my desk, but I do drink one or two espresso coffees. My cup of coffee has a special place on a bookshelf near me but away from my desk to avoid disasters like this:

Coffee


 
Natalia Pedrosa
Natalia Pedrosa
Spain
Local time: 19:28
Member (2012)
English to Spanish
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I do Oct 15, 2017

I am eating a sandwich at my desk right now.

 
Gitte Hoveds (X)
Gitte Hoveds (X)
Denmark
Local time: 19:28
Danish to English
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Of course Oct 15, 2017

And cleverly, the computer comes with a perfect holder for a coffee mug... Hardly ever use it for CDs, anyway...

 
VICTOR PRIETO
VICTOR PRIETO  Identity Verified
Peru
Local time: 12:28
English to Spanish
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Just breakfast/dinner. Oct 15, 2017

Just breakfast and/or dinner. Lunch is the principal meal here in Perú.

 
Philippe Etienne
Philippe Etienne  Identity Verified
Spain
Local time: 19:28
Member
English to French
Never Oct 15, 2017

Ever.
My desk is not my kitchen/dining room, and snacks or sandwiches are not food.

How sad would I feel if I had to. As a French man, meals are central to, err... life, and as a freelancer, I'd be damned if I couldn't fit the world-renowned one-hourish break sitting, talking and eating in my schedule.

Philippe


 
Guilherme R Basilio
Guilherme R Basilio  Identity Verified
Brazil
Local time: 14:28
Member (2010)
English to Portuguese
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It depends on what you mean by "eat" Oct 15, 2017

A meal, never, but sometimes a sip of coffee, a bite on a cracker, is just what was missing to light being made and the "right" word popping out. 😊

 
Tina Vonhof (X)
Tina Vonhof (X)
Canada
Local time: 11:28
Dutch to English
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Never Oct 15, 2017

My desk is too small and the only place I can sit is at my computer. I do drink coffee - it has a special place away from my keyboard. I eat at my kitchen island and listen to the radio. Sometimes there is an interesting discussion on.

 
Mario Freitas
Mario Freitas  Identity Verified
Brazil
Local time: 14:28
Member (2014)
English to Portuguese
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Sometimes Oct 16, 2017

Not meals, but snacks and coffee, regularly.

 


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