Magic desks

[karen2205]

After the posts on staying warm in winter and cool in summer, this is one for sharing tips on useful things to keep by your desk at work.

Cutting for length

Spare clothing
(preferably on a hangar)
Tie
Suit jacket
Formal top/shirt
Jumper
Spare coat
Smart shoes
Tights/stockings

(emergency items: T shirt, tracksuit bottoms, socks, underwear, trainers)

Personal items

Face cloth
Soap
Towel
Toothbrush
Toothpaste
Shower gel
Shampoo conditioner
Deodrant
Perfume/aftershave
Sanitary towels/tampons
Make up
Hairbrush/comb (hair ties)

Food
Tea/Coffee/Hot Chocolate/Herbal Teas (sugar)
Snacky food eg. dried fruit, biscuits, crisps
Emergency lunch eg. tins of soup
Honey, bottle of lemon juice
UHT/soya milk

Crockery
Bowl, (plate), mugs, knife, fork, spoon, teaspoons
Large waterbottle
Tin opener, potato peeler, corkscrew
Cafetiere for proper coffee

Other stuff
Tissues
Paracetamol/Ibuprofen/other useful medicines/first aid stuff
Mini sewing kit
Mobile phone charger
Book to read
Spare set of house keys, hard copy list of useful telephone numbers/bank account details etc should one of the other copies get lost.
Birthday/other blank cards
Wrapping paper

Comments

[chickenfeet2003.livejournal.com]

You'ld need your own apartment, let alone a desk, to keep that lot.

[karen2205]

No, just a box under a spare chair and a drawer within my set of three drawers:-)

[shepline.livejournal.com]

Aside from the bare minimum of worky type things my desk contains (or rather the funny breadbin/filing contraption next to my desk) in no particular order:

+ 2 plot plants
+ lots of arty pictures from my uni days
+ fruit bowl (although this currently contains miscellaneous stationary)
+ plastic tumbler for water
+ large tea mug
+ thermal cafetiere mug thingamy with it's own integrated plunger
+ fair trade coffee
+ fair trade tea
+ peppermint tea
+ blackberry and nettle tea
+ blackcurrant tea
+ camomile tea
+ hot chocolate
+ a couple of spoons 'borrowed' from the cafeteria
+ first aid box with eye wash
+ supermarket mushroom bags (they are about the only place you can find paper bags easily these days, and are a useful addition to the first aid box in case of ashma/panic attacks
+ tissues/paper towels (of the soft variety)

Sorry, but I don't have any tights/stockings although I do have two books on my desk, one, The Companion Guide to LaTeX and the other LaTeX For Everyone...