Eating our own dog food (for lunch)

Re:Eating our own dog food (for lunch) by jon-wood on Monday September 30, 2013 @09:33AM (#6469493)

Office assistants bringing food to your desk. So you don't have to leave your desk ever, for any reason. Call me crazy but I quite like standing up and leaving my desk to get some lunch.

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Re:Eating our own dog food (for lunch) by rheide on Monday September 30, 2013 @10:26AM (#6469767)

Leaving your desk and going for a stroll (outside or inside) is great for mental peace. Standing in a long queue with a horde of other people for 15 minutes is not. This is an elegant solution to the problem :)

(Disclaimer: I am a Potato.)

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Re:Eating our own dog food (for lunch) by jon-wood on Tuesday October 01, 2013 @02:34PM (#6478147)

Fair point, I spend most of my week working from home, and when in the office we have a rota for people making lunch which we thence sit down to eat, so I'm a little out of touch with the lunchtime rush!

I'm totally behind the idea of lunch at work, I just think its something that can be handled far better than dumping a meal at your desk

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Re:Eating our own dog food (for lunch) by mathattack on Monday September 30, 2013 @10:38AM (#6469830)

I'm also in the "I like to get up and out of the office even for a few minutes" camp, though I hate waiting in line.

I've seen the opposite - where I've been in a capital markets job where I couldn't leave my desk, and the office assistant screwed up the order at least twice a week.

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Re:Eating our own dog food (for lunch) by brianbreslin on Monday September 30, 2013 @10:57AM (#6469935)

One solution is employees order the food and then go pick it up, skipping lines. Change of scenery is often great for mental stimulation. Sitting at a desk 20 hours straight only works for those on adderal.

Kudos to your intern for building this.

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Re:Eating our own dog food (for lunch) by dagw on Monday September 30, 2013 @10:43AM (#6469870)

I solve the waiting in line problem by eating lunch slightly later than normal. I find that around 13.30 I can hit even the most popular of lunch places and hardly find any lines.

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Re:Eating our own dog food (for lunch) by scrabble on Monday September 30, 2013 @11:05AM (#6469987)

So you don't have to leave your desk ever, for any reason.

That's quite the stretch.

The option to have lunch brought to your desk is great when you're in the middle of something and don't want to get out of the zone.

On the other hand, I don't see how it forbids you from getting up and taking a break.

I definitely don't want to know how they've handled potty breaks if, like you say, you don't ever have to get up from your desk.

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Re:Eating our own dog food (for lunch) by dhimes on Monday September 30, 2013 @03:52PM (#6471901)

handled

Can't unsee. :-)

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Re:Eating our own dog food (for lunch) by jasoncartwright on Monday September 30, 2013 @10:12AM (#6469699)

That's fine. We don't chain people to their desks, but if you're in the zone then lunch can be delivered.

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