I don't eat at my desk because I feel I have to. I just often would rather watch Hulu or do my internet thing than eat out or sit in the break room.

Yeah, I eat lunch at my desk, but I'm not working - I'm here. (Which differs from the rest of my workday...not much. But still.)

I'm here, or elsewhere non-work related, but when I have Outlook open, something will pop up and I'll think, "Oh, I'll just answer that quickly," and then I get another ten or fifteen.

We are technically not allowed to eat at our desks, though we who don't deal with archival records do it all the time. (Liquids in covered containers are the only thing we can have.) But if I need to heat something up, I can't really walk out of the staff lounge with it to go back to my desk.

That's why I don't let Outlook tell me about emails. I'll still get the pop-up notifications for meetings, but emails come in quietly without fanfare - I don't know they're there until I open that window.

Part of working for a godless Communist gov't is that they have a campaign to encourage us take lunch breaks: [link]

I understand the individual words here, but huh? The only way I don't do this, is when I'm working from home. Then again, at home I tend to work and eat at the same time, just in a more comfortable setting.

It was hard to get used to, but when I worked at the university, no one brought their lunch. Part of our benefits package was that we could buy a 20 (insert French accent here) "tickets restaurants" each month. They were about $5 each but were worth $8 and you could use them everywhere, so people went out for lunch. I lived a couple of blocks away so I ate at home and saved up the tickets to take friends out to fabulous places when I had visitors. Like I said, they were accepted everywhere, and there was no shame in using them, even at a nice place. Ah, socialism...

One reason I choose not to work at home occasionally is so that I can persist in not setting up work email to be accessible from home.

I was just going on and on about how I would really really ridiculously love to be able to work from home once a week.

My job 3 jobs ago had a cafeteria in the basement. It was nice to occasionally sit down there and eat. Most places I have eaten at my desk though.

Apparently, on a clear day the view from the top is second only to Kilimanjaro in visible land area and you can see Half Dome. I'll have to go back after a storm.

I worked there as a Park Aide for a while and the days when I was assigned to the gift shop up at the summit were pretty dang sweet for catching views in between the waves of visitors. I never saw Half Dome, but occasionally could make out the Sierras. I always like being able to see SF landmarks because they are so recognizable and seem so far away from the base of the mountain.

The short trail around the summit is quite flat, takes you through at least four different ecosystems and gives you great views for little effort, if you find yourself not wanting so much of a challenge.

BTW, you can see my house from up there. At least, you can see vaguely where my house is if you know what you're looking for. Just about straight north, there's a white dome next to the water, that's our City Hall.

When I started here I used to go out everyday, at least to eat what I brought from home. Being right near the water, it's quite lovely. That leisure ended long ago, but at least I eat in the kitchen every day, not at my desk.