Poll: How often do you eat while at your keyboard?
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jonathanjb4e
 
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida  Identity Verified
Portugal
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Almost never Jul 27, 2019

I generally don't eat at my desk (I hate mess), but I do drink one or two espresso coffees and I always have a bottle of water nearby in a special place on a bookshelf away from my keyboard to avoid disasters. I tend to eat less when I’m busy with work and when I’m really overloaded I might even forget to eat or drink. That’s what happened yesterday and as a result for the first time in years I ate a whole bag of nuts while working…

jonathanjb4e
Adam Warren
 
neilmac
neilmac
Spain
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Almost never Jul 27, 2019

No matter how carefully you try to eat at your keyboard, tiny crumbs and splashes will end up getting onto it and clogging up the spaces in between the keys. So I generally avoid eating a snacking while working. Common wisdom has it that we should stop every so often for a break from the screen, so that's an ideal time to have a nibble at something.

jonathanjb4e
Adam Warren
Noni Gilbert Riley
 
Carlos Heras
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Spain
English to Spanish
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Never Jul 27, 2019

When I want a snack or am going to eat a proper meal, I always leave my desk and take a break. If I try to eat at my desk, I always end up watching videos on YouTube, so in the end I am not productive and don't give my eyes that precious rest.

Remember to take real breaks!


jonathanjb4e
Gibril Koroma
Adam Warren
Noni Gilbert Riley
 
Elizabeth Tamblin
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United Kingdom
Local time: 19:50
French to English
Weird question Jul 27, 2019

See title

 
Muriel Vasconcellos
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United States
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Other Jul 28, 2019

I constantly eat at my desk, but I have a very big desk and I don't do it near the keyboard. That doesn't prevent me from reading stuff online while I eat.

 
Mario Freitas
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Brazil
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Regularly, but never on my desk Jul 28, 2019

I eat, drink coffee, smoke, and do other things regularly away from the computer, at least once every hour. I never do any of these things on my working desk. The best benefit of all these breaks is actually to get away from my desk regularly. Plus, there is not much space in it for anything other than work (except music, which is constantly there).

 
Nikolay Novitskiy
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Russian Federation
Local time: 00:50
Member (2018)
English to Russian
Always Aug 12, 2019

I always eat at my desk while translating, splashing sticky sauce and sweet juice on my keyboard, poking greasy fingers at my computer mouse, lavishly commenting my own translations and sprinkling slimy chunks of chewed food at the monitor. That's how it works for freelancers, doesn't it?

Kay Denney
 
Fei Ge
Fei Ge
United States
Local time: 15:50
Member (2012)
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I try not to while working Aug 12, 2019

When I'm working I try not to eat anything, I just don't think my food will digest properly if I'm engaging in translating something meticulous and have to concentrate on that, instead of just chewing and swallowing.

I do like to order delivery and eat while watching movies though, that's another story haha


 


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