What does your desk look like?
I work in an office and my desk is, to be honest, a tip - I'm expecting a Biohazard sticker to be erected some time soon:



Am I the only one that works in this kind of squalor?
(james_tiger_woods is going to start his killing spree on the, Fri 3 Oct 2008, 13:56, 24 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

Do you ever
dip the banana in the marmite?
(Holy Cremola Foam Batman will be back on, Fri 3 Oct 2008, 13:58, Reply)

That is tidy
compared to my desk!

No kidding.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Fri 3 Oct 2008, 14:00, Reply)

My desk
is equally messy, I must admit. But I'm working on that.

My normal system is to have things kind of spread out, but I always know where things are. It drives others insane because they can never find anything on my desk, but if they ask me for it I can generally hand it to them in seconds...
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Fri 3 Oct 2008, 14:05, Reply)

Today
This is it today and, to be honest, the senior manager sat opposite me has commented - again - how vile it is.

I think he's more offended by the pile of Tea bags in the Greggs soup cup.

It's not my fault - if they'd not taken the bins away, I wouldn't have let it get to this state.

The cleaners won't clean my desk either. And no, banana and marmite is just weird - Banana and peanut butter, on the other hand....


(james_tiger_woods is going to start his killing spree on the, Fri 3 Oct 2008, 14:11, Reply)

that's disgusting, dude!
My desk looks like no one sits at it. If it wasnt for the name plate, you would think that was the case.

My desk at home is the same as is my bedroom (in which the hangers in my wardrobe all face the same way and the clothes are organised with top clothes at one end and bottom clothes at the other then sub-organised into casual, sporting and work).

I look scruffy in public but I'm quite the clean freak at home.

edit: Banana and peanut butter is an Elvis special.
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Fri 3 Oct 2008, 14:12, Reply)

Up until a week ago!
My desk was worse than that!

Now, it's all neat and tidy!

And Marmite FTW!
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Fri 3 Oct 2008, 14:19, Reply)

I've seen far worse, I assure you.
I worked with an equipment engineer whose cubicle was so packed with odd bits of machinery and electronics and papers that there was room to walk into it and room for him to sit- and no more.

I work under an engineer whose cubicle is about four to six inches deep in paper, and has lots of odd bits of machines all over besides- steel cables, Eurodrive AM Adapters, helical gears, a pneumatic cylinder, aluminum floor supports, you name it.

Mine looks almost monastic by compare.
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Fri 3 Oct 2008, 14:22, Reply)

For the record
Here is mine.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Fri 3 Oct 2008, 14:30, Reply)

Why?
Why do you have a conference phone on your desk?

And the bins were removed to encourage you to bin things properly - or, rather, to reduce the workload on the cleaners....
(james_tiger_woods is going to start his killing spree on the, Fri 3 Oct 2008, 14:42, Reply)

this
is where I work. No real mess, although my rugby blazer shouldn't be on the desk

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(b3tamax Mate, you're fat and I'll throw you in the river, Fri 3 Oct 2008, 14:45, Reply)

Mine is such a tip I've got to put my laptop on my lap


I really need to tidy up.
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Fri 3 Oct 2008, 14:46, Reply)

erm, can I do it?
I like tidying.
It's a sickness.
(bazmorningstar efil4nat3b, Fri 3 Oct 2008, 14:55, Reply)

@JTW
For phone conferences, of course!

Seriously though, we got it before the current phone system was installed and it's redundant now, as the new VoIP phones are all speaker phones.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Fri 3 Oct 2008, 14:59, Reply)

This is my desk
at my previous job:


(Ethelred is watching cheese grow, Fri 3 Oct 2008, 15:08, Reply)

.
Was the can of Pringles in fact a winner as promised?
(b3tamax Mate, you're fat and I'll throw you in the river, Fri 3 Oct 2008, 15:10, Reply)

@ b3tamax
Not entirely sure, I'm guessing so though, would Pringles ever lie to you baby, would I lie to you-ooo-oo
(Ethelred is watching cheese grow, Fri 3 Oct 2008, 15:12, Reply)

But
Conference room - conference calls....

But but....

Meh :)
(james_tiger_woods is going to start his killing spree on the, Fri 3 Oct 2008, 15:12, Reply)

woh
your desk looks almost identical to mine, even down to the dual screen setup.

I don't see any issue with an untidy desk, I know where everything is on mine and that's what matters....my md hates it though!
( MonkeyOfCode is your favourite waste of time, Fri 3 Oct 2008, 15:13, Reply)

Tea
It's just a matter of time before I spill one of these half drunk cups of tea on my desk/lap/etc...
(james_tiger_woods is going to start his killing spree on the, Fri 3 Oct 2008, 15:16, Reply)

@JTW
Are you running OSx on a Dell?
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Fri 3 Oct 2008, 17:49, Reply)

OSx
It's not OSx on a dell, it's some widget for Vista - can't remember its name though..
(james_tiger_woods is going to start his killing spree on the, Fri 3 Oct 2008, 21:39, Reply)

A vista thingy
to make it look like OSX?
( Mrs Entity is in hiding., Fri 3 Oct 2008, 22:07, Reply)

These desks disgust me.
You're all terrible. Except Baz.
( thealternativefact, Sat 4 Oct 2008, 23:35, Reply)

It's called
Object dock and it's great :)

www.stardock.com/products/objectdock/
(james_tiger_woods is going to start his killing spree on the, Mon 6 Oct 2008, 10:07, Reply)