do you have drawers at your desk at work?

nageov3t

Lifer
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if so, what's in them?

it occurred to me today that nothing in my drawers is work-related... all of my work is done on my computer, so there's not a whole lot I need to have physically.

I have 5 drawers...

drawer #1: snack food (pretzels, nuts, dry cereal, etc)... mostly stuff to get me by if I get stuck on a long conference call and find myself starving.

drawer #2: "walk of shame" drawer. I work Sunday mornings. there have been many times where I've gone out Saturday night, spent the night at some guy's place, and had to creep out the door the next morning. so I keep a change of clothes, toiletries (soap, toothbrush/paste, deodorant), and a towel (we have showers in the office) in my desk for emergencies.

drawer #3: small personal electronics... usb dvd player, cables to charge my cellphone/ipod, batteries for my wireless mouse (work related!!). this is my only drawer with a lock, so I also stick my netbook in here when I leave (not work-related, I use it for watching hulu)

drawer #4: emergency date drawer... not very full, but I keep some neutrogena face wipes, mouth wash, and cologne in my desk just to freshen up at the end of a shift if I'm going out on a date after work.

drawer #5: file drawer! they're work-related, but not my work. the previous occupant of this desk left them here and I just haven't felt the need to throw them out because I'd have nothing to put in the drawer otherwise.
 

xanis

Lifer
Sep 11, 2005
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I have three drawers at work, not much in any of them.

Top drawer has some highlighers, a pencil, and my headphones. The middle and last drawers have nothing in them.
 

FoBoT

No Lifer
Apr 30, 2001
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no, not anymore
everything is on computer now, so we don't have 'desks', we have tables or lab benches
i do have some things piled on the bench top, plastic cutlery, aspirin bottle, napkins, a notebook, misc
 

Jumpem

Lifer
Sep 21, 2000
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Desk 1: 10 hanging file drawers, 1 pen drawer, two overhead cabinets, 1 overhead bookshelf, 1 full height coat cabinet.
Desk 2: 2 hanging file drawers, 1 pen drawer, two overhead cabinets.
 

Red Squirrel

No Lifer
May 24, 2003
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1st drawer, forks, condiments, and other food related items
2nd drawer, receipts, visa statements, etc. we have to keep those (ex: if the boss buys us lunch and I use my visa for it). So got a pretty big pile of random papers there.
3rd drawer: a huge pile of random documentation I was given by the person I replaced. Also have a DMS100 manual, the book is probably older than I am.

Overall they're mostly empty at this point. We are racking up a decent collection of ketchup packets though.
 

CraKaJaX

Lifer
Dec 26, 2004
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2 "Drawing-sized" drawers
3 deep filing cabinet drawings where I keep folders, binders, etc.
2 shallow drawers -- 1 for all the office-type stuff, 1 for food, napkins, medicine, etc.
 

lxskllr

No Lifer
Nov 30, 2004
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I never had a desk. My desk was a van, and I had shit everywhere :^D
 

Mike Gayner

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Jan 5, 2007
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1. Pens, stapler, calculator and other stationery etc.

2. Hanging file drawer for files/notes.
 

Unheard

Diamond Member
Jan 5, 2003
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3 Drawers,

1) Biz cards, pens, pencils, etc
2) Handbook, other crap I never use
3) Nerf Gun and Accessories
 

CallMeJoe

Diamond Member
Jul 30, 2004
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I've never had to change my drawers at work, so I've never needed to have any in my desk.
 

xSauronx

Lifer
Jul 14, 2000
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I go somewhere different most every day and do not have a desk at the main office. I have a company car with one box of misc parts, and i have my bag with my laptop and other stuff.
 

Juked07

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Jul 22, 2008
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I have a smallish box I keep under my "desk" on the trading floor. It has.. gym shorts, ping pong paddle, flip flops, cold medicine, chess clock, some random papers.
 

ultimatebob

Lifer
Jul 1, 2001
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My cubicle drawers are filled with PC cables. USB, VGA, Ethernet, Power... If it needs a cable, I probably have three of them :)

I also have some tool drawers, and drawers with spare computer parts.

I only have one drawer with paperwork (I really try to keep all that stuff online if possible), and a drawer filled with snacks.
 

KentState

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Oct 19, 2001
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Mostly books, portable hard drive, business cards and other assorted stuff in the overhead bins. In the drawers, I have various office supplies, some boxes for awards or plaques, ones full of business related documents like the files for my staff. Beyond that, I really don't keep much since everything is a soft copy on Sharepoint or on the network.
 

RockinZ28

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Mar 5, 2008
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Have 6 drawers.

Top left are papers and things I use, such as my battery air pump for my blow-up mattress on nights I end up sleeping at the office.

Other 5 are random papers/manuals that I would only need the day after the janitors came, if I were to throw them away
 

Leros

Lifer
Jul 11, 2004
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I've had an office to myself with all sorts of storage. It was mostly empty and I accumulated junk. Now I work in an open office with a basic Ikea desk. I think its better, because I don't store any useless junk.
 

MagnusTheBrewer

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Jun 19, 2004
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I have an office I'm only in maybe half an hour each day. I don't even know what's in most of the drawers.
 

KeithTalent

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Nov 30, 2005
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I have many drawers and they hold all kinds of supplies. I do have three different rulers of various sizes in one of them. Very handy.

KT
 

eldorado99

Lifer
Feb 16, 2004
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mostly just misc crap I never use. Lots of ketchup packets and saltines. Paperwork. etc.