Just leave me alone when I'm eating
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Lunchtime is my time
How often is it that you actually get to eat a meal at lunchtime without being disturbed. It's your time to use as you please, but somehow or other work always manages to interfere.
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Isn’t it very annoying when you’re sat at your desk in the office having your lunch, when you get frequently interrupted by constant ringing of other peoples’ phones
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| 03-1-2008 | I think it's incredibly rude when people don't leave the office for lunch, they just sit there eating or doing nothing while the phone rings with the attitude "I'm at lunch" no your not your in the office now do some bloody work!
If your at lunch then leave the office for a ...more | Billabong |
| 11-9-2007 | I don't allow my employees to eat at their desk....If by chance they become disgruntle,they will say they worked thur their lunch every now and then. California law says that if an employee is not paid while working durring lunch..the employer is liable to back pay 1 hour for each time employee ...more | BIGCHEZ |
| 04-9-2007 | Answer the phone and reply with "yes", "no", "maybe".. Make sure there's a long pause before you answer a question. Put them on hold for a while and have a bite or two of lunch whilst they are there. That will soon sort them out. Mind you, your company will soo...more | Sorry no help |
| 07-5-2006 | There is another gripe in another section complaining about customer services reps not knowing everything about the call when they answers it...then this? Talk about contradictory!
I agree with the poster above - this is a management and policy issue. If people don't use their phones correctl...more | skinnyboy |
| 06-3-2006 | I, too, eat lunch at my desk nearly every day. I answer my phone sometimes when it rings. You just have to take the attitude that just because it rings you are under NO obligation to answer it. Put your coworkers' phones on silent or Do Not Disturb... tell them when they come back from lunch ...more | hard worker2 |
| 20-2-2006 | Q: Why do they always assume that you know everything about that persons’ work, when all you are doing is simply answering their phone?
A: Because you answered it ? | At lunch on the Beach |
| 19-2-2006 | leave your desk at lunch time - it's people like you that create problems at work, my boss expects everyone to work through lunch because there are those that will sit at their desks chomping away on a sandwich whilst answering the phone. I refuse to do it, lunch time is precisely that, it's...more | anon |
| 15-2-2006 | Don't be such a,"up the Managers backside,scratch my back'I'll scratch yours goody goody".
Leave the office for lunch.
Only YOURSELF to blame
Bloody stupid | Nikki |
| 14-2-2006 | *begins to read*
"Isn’t it very annoying when you’re sat at your desk in the office having your lunch..."
tl;dr | nom |
| 14-2-2006 | Your are a idiot. If you are eating your lunch at your desk people will obviously assume you are still working, yes you are stuffing food into your mouth but so what? People can do that the whole day. If you dont want to be interupted leave your work enviroment. If the phone rings...dont answer it. ...more | Hobo |
| 14-2-2006 | I find this very annoying. In the end I just smashed all the phones anywhere near me.
The court case is in March. | Incredible Hulk |
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