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Poll: How often do you leave your desk during a normal working day?
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Jan 17, 2012

This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "How often do you leave your desk during a normal working day?".

This poll was originally submitted by Mette Melchior. View the poll results »



 
Veronica Lupascu
Veronica Lupascu  Identity Verified
Netherlands
Local time: 21:53
Dutch to Romanian
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N/A Jan 17, 2012

I rarely use my desk during a normal working day (used to, but I just love the new couch, it is like work+relaxation altogether).

I leave my couch many times a day. I have a dog that needs to go out 4 times a day. He also wants me to play with him every 1-2 hours for 5-10 minutes and this is good for relaxing my eyes, mussels, mind and for exercising a little bit (he is big and requires a lot of running around )
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I rarely use my desk during a normal working day (used to, but I just love the new couch, it is like work+relaxation altogether).

I leave my couch many times a day. I have a dog that needs to go out 4 times a day. He also wants me to play with him every 1-2 hours for 5-10 minutes and this is good for relaxing my eyes, mussels, mind and for exercising a little bit (he is big and requires a lot of running around )

I cannot count, but why does it matter?
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Paula Hernández
Paula Hernández
United Kingdom
Local time: 20:53
English to Spanish
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Other Jan 17, 2012

Whenever I feel like it. That is the beauty of working from home, I have the freedom of working any way I want to!

 
Interlangue (X)
Interlangue (X)
Angola
Local time: 21:53
English to French
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Other Jan 17, 2012

I have no "normal" working day. Things can be very different: number of people calling at the door, number of cups (tea/coffee) or glasses (water) I need or feel like. Walking up and down the stairs also helps to think straight sometimes.

 
Michael Harris
Michael Harris  Identity Verified
Germany
Local time: 21:53
Member (2006)
German to English
Other Jan 17, 2012

Oh heck, one of these polls. Whenever I need to. To go to the printer, get a coffee, go and get the post. This differs from day to day, on some days I actually dont care what is happening around me and just plough through my work.

 
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida  Identity Verified
Portugal
Local time: 20:53
Member (2007)
English to Portuguese
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Other Jan 17, 2012

It depends on so many variables... Whenever I feel like it!

 
Oliver Lawrence
Oliver Lawrence  Identity Verified
Italy
Local time: 21:53
Italian to English
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You need a leg-stretcher Jan 17, 2012

I have a mini exercise routine for breaks between work sessions that I can do whatever the weather; I find it essential to keep mind and body stimulated and flexible. Sitting down for too long isn't a great idea.

 
DianeGM
DianeGM  Identity Verified
Local time: 22:53
Member (2006)
Dutch to English
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Often Jan 17, 2012

Perhaps very often ... to do whatever needs doing get coffee, answer door, phone, go pick up/drop off my kids, walk to dog / see what the dog is barking at.
It's amazing I ever get anything done at all


 
neilmac
neilmac
Spain
Local time: 21:53
Spanish to English
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Other Jan 17, 2012

I suppose it depends on several factors like deadlines etc, but my first reaction is to wonder who's counting that kind of thing. I know we're supposed to avert our eyes from the screen every so often but even that often gets forgotten in my case. I'm still struggling to find time to finish my accounts for 2011 in between translating, managing and revising texts....

 
Muriel Vasconcellos
Muriel Vasconcellos  Identity Verified
United States
Local time: 12:53
Member (2003)
Spanish to English
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Only to eat, go to bathroom and . . . Jan 17, 2012

. . . take my dogs out or feed them. They lie patiently on a large cushion in my office, and when their inner clocks tell them it's time for me to do something on their behalf, they come and remind me.

 
Oleg Osipov
Oleg Osipov  Identity Verified
Russian Federation
Local time: 22:53
English to Russian
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Yes. Jan 17, 2012

Teresa Borges wrote:

It depends on so many variables... Whenever I feel like it!


Very narrow restrictions to leave the desk.


 
Thayenga
Thayenga  Identity Verified
Germany
Local time: 21:53
Member (2009)
English to German
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Other Jan 17, 2012

Whenever something comes up which requires me to leave my desk - which could be a number of reasons. Excercise is not really one of the reason why I get up. Stretching can be done at the desk and I also have a wooden massage board under my desk for my feet to do the walking (without going anywhere ) To tell the truth, it has never crossed my mind to count the number of times I might get up, neither in an hour nor in the working ... See more
Whenever something comes up which requires me to leave my desk - which could be a number of reasons. Excercise is not really one of the reason why I get up. Stretching can be done at the desk and I also have a wooden massage board under my desk for my feet to do the walking (without going anywhere ) To tell the truth, it has never crossed my mind to count the number of times I might get up, neither in an hour nor in the working day (or night).Collapse


 
Christophe Lefrancois (X)
Christophe Lefrancois (X)  Identity Verified
Local time: 21:53
French
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Strange Jan 17, 2012

I see that some people never leave the desk.
Do they eat in front of the computer?


 
John Cutler
John Cutler  Identity Verified
Spain
Local time: 21:53
Spanish to English
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It's only mid-day Jan 17, 2012

and I've already lost count.

 
Carla Catolino
Carla Catolino
Italy
Local time: 21:53
Member (2008)
Italian to English
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On a day like today.... Jan 17, 2012

I don't even leave my desk to eat!!!
I had a rush job to finish and my lovely dear husband fed a bowl of pasta to me while I typed away!!!!


 
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