@cengland0 I have always said working remote is my dream job, but I spent 9 days at home the last two weeks because of PDX weather, and I couldn’t wait to get back into the office.
@jmendenhall There are pros and cons of working from home. You actually work harder at home. The expectations are higher. You end up working more than 8 hours.
When you’re in the office, you can see your coworkers. I’m on the phone all the time having to do screen share sessions.
There are distractions with mail deliveries, girlfriend, pet, lawn services, and neighbors.
On the positive side, I save a lot of money on gas. I can wear pajamas all day if I want. Don’t have to iron clothes. The company pays for my internet which I can also use for personal after hours. No long travel time from bedroom to office. Nobody steals my food from the fridge.
I have a day pack/rucksack/swag bag/drawstring bag/whatever you’d call it for my actual work stuff. But school is more work for me than work, so for that I’ve got a backpack.
Hard-sided cooler. I can throw a couple of ice-packs in for my lunch stuff (and maybe a couple of cans of iced tea) and a couple of travel mugs of tea (cardboard makes a cheap, disposable insulating separator) and if something spills, it’s all contained in an easy to rinse out space. Plus it’s small enough to fit neatly on the floor of my car in front of the passenger seat, so it won’t go flying if I need to hit the brakes and tucks out of the way at my desk so I don’t need to go to the break room if I want to grab a snack. Do not regret starting this habit one bit.
Not too huge as to be awkward, but big enough to hold everything I generally need for a day. And it’s held up to the occasional kicking or chair running into it, and protecting my stuff when it happens.
I carry a water bottle in my hands. If I bring lunch, it’s usually in a grocery bag so it fits in the fridge at work. I have a locker at work so I don’t need to carry a bunch of stuff back and forth.
@InnocuousFarmer No, I am an EHS Coordinator. My briefcase fits my tablets (2 SP4’s), my laptop and any paperwork needed for the day. If I need equipment, I use a cart.
@PyxienTX Oh! Those briefcases!
I was having a hard time conceiving of a briefcase with wheels on it. Gotta stay focused on the important trivialities.
Most days it’s coffee or Diet Dew in a travel cup. When I’m bringing various electronics parts and gizmos, then it’s in grocery/laundry bags, kit boxes, carry cases, shipping boxes, etc.
How does one answer a multiple choice question when you don’t live your life in a cookie-cutter way? I have a home office, travel frequently for meetings, and office out of a client’s building.
Okay, I will admit I have one laptop travel case that meets all my needs, my mobile office. It holds all the power I need, mousy thingies, various cables of multiple lengths, file for receipts and lesser important things, has a luggage handle pass-through (Freud would analyze that), and even has wheels.
@sgrazi I fear that I going to happen to me soon. After 34 years of continuous work, my project is being migrated to another department within the same company. Been transitioning work since September and I will not have anything left to do in a couple days.
If I get laid off, I might just consider that a sign it’s time to retire. I feel at 52, I’m too young to retire. What will I do for heathcare? Why should I wake up in the morning? What will I do with all that extra time?
@cengland0 not helpful for healthcare, unfortunately, but as for the last two, I can guarantee there’s more than enough volunteer work out there to keep you busy.
I carry my tools and supplies for my jewelry sculpting workshop in a big rolling toolbox with one of two small toolboxes bungeed to it, depending on whether I’m working wax or metal. That’s as close to work as I get.
Messenger bag. I’d honestly probably prefer a backpack just to be kinder to my shoulders, but until I find a good deal on one of those roll-top waterproof packs, my Timbuk2 messenger is the most reliable.
I’m a licensed massage practitioner… and i do in-home therapeutic massage… so i carry my “stuff” in a massage table bag and a hockey bag (it perfectly fits massage sheets, bolsters, a stool, medical intake paperwork, massage oil, bluetooth music system, etc.).
Work from home. Nothing to carry.
@cengland0 I have always said working remote is my dream job, but I spent 9 days at home the last two weeks because of PDX weather, and I couldn’t wait to get back into the office.
@jmendenhall There are pros and cons of working from home. You actually work harder at home. The expectations are higher. You end up working more than 8 hours.
When you’re in the office, you can see your coworkers. I’m on the phone all the time having to do screen share sessions.
There are distractions with mail deliveries, girlfriend, pet, lawn services, and neighbors.
On the positive side, I save a lot of money on gas. I can wear pajamas all day if I want. Don’t have to iron clothes. The company pays for my internet which I can also use for personal after hours. No long travel time from bedroom to office. Nobody steals my food from the fridge.
In my car
Work is for capitalists.
I only carry misery to work, mostly on my shoulders and in my mind.
Truck
@lichme
Briefcase and often a lunch box full of pizza
I have a day pack/rucksack/swag bag/drawstring bag/whatever you’d call it for my actual work stuff. But school is more work for me than work, so for that I’ve got a backpack.
200 pounds on my body. Can’t carry any more…
You mean like from the home office to the kitchen table or to the shop?
I guess I should have answered:
Team Backpack here. I’ve got a small simple one with two front pockets, canvas with leather straps. Great for my commute.
No option for Meh fanny packs?
Hard-sided cooler. I can throw a couple of ice-packs in for my lunch stuff (and maybe a couple of cans of iced tea) and a couple of travel mugs of tea (cardboard makes a cheap, disposable insulating separator) and if something spills, it’s all contained in an easy to rinse out space. Plus it’s small enough to fit neatly on the floor of my car in front of the passenger seat, so it won’t go flying if I need to hit the brakes and tucks out of the way at my desk so I don’t need to go to the break room if I want to grab a snack. Do not regret starting this habit one bit.
@Pixy I may take this idea.
@simplersimon It’s basically this: http://www.rubbermaid.com/en-US/shop-products/coolers/non-wheeled-coolers/10-qt-cooler
Not too huge as to be awkward, but big enough to hold everything I generally need for a day. And it’s held up to the occasional kicking or chair running into it, and protecting my stuff when it happens.
Metal lunch box. Currently a Star Wars one, but will probably switch it out here soon.
@simplersimon
Bad words ahead.
/youtube Marilyn Manson lunchbox
Pockets… When I bring lunch or snacks usually a grocery bag I find lying around.
I carry a water bottle in my hands. If I bring lunch, it’s usually in a grocery bag so it fits in the fridge at work. I have a locker at work so I don’t need to carry a bunch of stuff back and forth.
Briefcase since 1978 (13 years old)
@purdue are you Alex P Keaton?
Briefcase. Come on, how did this not make the menu of choices?
Rolling briefcase and a Coach backpack that has seen better days.
@PyxienTX a rolling briefcase. Is it still considered brief, at that point? I’d call that more of a suitcase.
@InnocuousFarmer Not big enough for a suitcase, so yes, a briefcase.
@PyxienTX Are you a pilot?
@InnocuousFarmer No, I am an EHS Coordinator. My briefcase fits my tablets (2 SP4’s), my laptop and any paperwork needed for the day. If I need equipment, I use a cart.
@PyxienTX Oh! Those briefcases!
I was having a hard time conceiving of a briefcase with wheels on it. Gotta stay focused on the important trivialities.
@InnocuousFarmer This briefcase to be exact.
Most days it’s coffee or Diet Dew in a travel cup. When I’m bringing various electronics parts and gizmos, then it’s in grocery/laundry bags, kit boxes, carry cases, shipping boxes, etc.
Messenger bag, but I’ll probably start switching to my backpack once I start carrying gym clothes and sneakers.
How does one answer a multiple choice question when you don’t live your life in a cookie-cutter way? I have a home office, travel frequently for meetings, and office out of a client’s building.
Okay, I will admit I have one laptop travel case that meets all my needs, my mobile office. It holds all the power I need, mousy thingies, various cables of multiple lengths, file for receipts and lesser important things, has a luggage handle pass-through (Freud would analyze that), and even has wheels.
No job - victim of outsourcing and offshoring. When I had a job, rolling laptop case.
@sgrazi I feel for ya. Took a 40% pay cut to get one of Obummer’s newly created jobs. What a “recovery.”
@sgrazi I fear that I going to happen to me soon. After 34 years of continuous work, my project is being migrated to another department within the same company. Been transitioning work since September and I will not have anything left to do in a couple days.
If I get laid off, I might just consider that a sign it’s time to retire. I feel at 52, I’m too young to retire. What will I do for heathcare? Why should I wake up in the morning? What will I do with all that extra time?
@cengland0 not helpful for healthcare, unfortunately, but as for the last two, I can guarantee there’s more than enough volunteer work out there to keep you busy.
I carry a laptop, so a laptop bag.
Waterproof stuff sack
I carry my tools and supplies for my jewelry sculpting workshop in a big rolling toolbox with one of two small toolboxes bungeed to it, depending on whether I’m working wax or metal. That’s as close to work as I get.
Messenger bag. I’d honestly probably prefer a backpack just to be kinder to my shoulders, but until I find a good deal on one of those roll-top waterproof packs, my Timbuk2 messenger is the most reliable.
Tom Bihn Empire Builder.
Lunchbox. Everything else I need to do my paying job is in my brain
I’m a licensed massage practitioner… and i do in-home therapeutic massage… so i carry my “stuff” in a massage table bag and a hockey bag (it perfectly fits massage sheets, bolsters, a stool, medical intake paperwork, massage oil, bluetooth music system, etc.).
A bag at the end of a stick.
Well duh, in one of these of course! (Note Contigo water bottle for extra credit.)
@cinoclav The rare black one too.
Usually in whatever reusable bag (repurposed t-shirt) I have laying around.
I lost my laptop bag last week, so I used a picnic basket yesterday.
@jmendenhall I don’t think the ranger is going to like that.
I catch a ride sometimes. Then my stuff goes in one of these.
No choice for bag of holding? what is up with these polls?