PC possession

[mejinks]

Its funny how people react in situations like this. You spend most of your life at your desk, so you start to personalise it with photos/objects etc and when someone else is sitting there, its like they are sat in your lounge and you feel miffed.

I was able to observe this a while ago when I was working for the HMRC and there was a rule that no more than 2 photos were allowed on everyones desk and that at the end of the day, everything had to be laid out exactly (phone goes here, mouse here etc) and there was to be no other personal decoration such as drawings by kids.

Eventually, a study was done by psychologists due to the amount of people who wanted to be moved to a different department without these rules and those who went off sick with stress. It pointed out that if you sterilise the working environment, you cause the worker to be stressed and less productive, so they relaxed the rules slightly.

[Matblack]

Kill him with fire

MB

[Mark]

I don't think becoming a twisted firestarter would be appreciated when you're supposed to be helping upgrade the fire alarm system.

[Justsomebloke]

I have no desk & no office & nowt to get possesive about. I do think anybody using somebody elses work space should have a little consideration though, I wouldn't be moving stuff about or leaving a mess/stains if it was me, that's all I can say really.
If I did have an office & a desk I'd lock the door & sleep for a week anyways

[Dee]

Pisses me right off Sam. When I had a week off back in July, there was crap left all over my desk, my phone had been moved, my keyboard wasnt at a right angle to the monitor etc etc.

MY DESK, MY ****ING RULES DAMMIT!!!!

[Flibster]

Originally Posted by Dee

Pisses me right off Sam. When I had a week off back in July, there was crap left all over my desk, my phone had been moved, my keyboard wasnt at a right angle to the monitor etc etc.

MY DESK, MY ****ING RULES DAMMIT!!!!

You type at 90° to your monitor?

You're weird...

[Matblack]

Originally Posted by Justsomebloke

If I did have an office & a desk I'd lock the door & sleep for a week anyways

My plan for Monday and Tuesday

MB

[Rich_L]

Don't really care, I've never had personal items, photos or random stuff clogging up my desk in any of my jobs, as far as I'm concerned it's just a computer and a desk, files come and go between desk and shelves as and when required.

[phykell]

There are only two that are ever in my (home) office and one's a cat - me and Borris

Looking at premises in the New Year though.

[Haly]

Originally Posted by Rich_L

Don't really care, I've never had personal items, photos or random stuff clogging up my desk in any of my jobs, as far as I'm concerned it's just a computer and a desk, files come and go between desk and shelves as and when required.

That's how I used to feel when I had a desk.