Standing desks

[Keith]

I've determined that if I ever get a desk job I'm going to see if I can have a standing desk. I seem to feel more comfortable working while standing than sitting. I guess I don't have to lean over that way.

 

[clg114]

I have a standing desk in my shop and I use it a lot. It has one drawer for various office type materials. When I am working on something, I will use it for reading technical manuals or drawing schematics. Sometimes I even work on small projects on it. It is very useful and I am glad that I have it. However, my office desk is a sit down desk. My computer is on it and I do all of my paperwork there.

 

[watersprite]

I stand to do most of my work at a very large desk with a really nice 3' maple plywood (sanded to a fine smoothness) section hinged. I can choose which angle to set it up at, according to what I am working on. I also pay bills and write letters, etc. there. For some reason I cannot concentrate as well when sitting (and standing gives me a better perspective on artwork whereas sitting usually distorts it).

 

[The Penguin]

I'm learning a lot of programmers I'm meeting in my office is doing work standing up. Recently my office purchases desks you can adjust the height of a push of a button.

 

[Progster]

When I was teaching classes I used my desk as a standing desk, but for the online lessons I must sit. I don't like to sit for long periods of time though, and get restless. I need to get up and move around between lessons.

 

[Miker]

I've determined that if I ever get a desk job I'm going to see if I can have a standing desk. I seem to feel more comfortable working while standing than sitting. I guess I don't have to lean over that way.

I have an office job with a desk and would rather give them both up for an outside job. I hate working inside but I can't see it ever changing!

 

[On the Inside]

I relish the opportunity to sit at my computer for CAD drawing. The rest of the time I'm on my feet at a workbench, milling machine, lathe, etc. or crouching, kneeling, climbing ladders, scaffolding or my project's structure. My off time is full of exercise and maintenance/rehab projects on one piece of property or another and associated equipment.

I wouldn't want a full time desk job.

 

[Judge]

I could never sit at my desk hours on end. At some point I was always up looking for files, or trying to determine the status of something in the works. Got a fair amount of exercise that way, as well as occasional complaints from department managers who didn't want me there.

 

[Elemental]

Never really had a desk job but I did work on a super-mart checkout where it is customary to sit & serve customers. Given the physical demands of shunting shopping items from one side of the till to the other meant it was a job best done whilst standing; it also rectified the height differential between me & the customer. I could leave my station when there were no customers & attend to the news & mags displays, which I also managed. I had well over 100+ publications that I had to arrange according to a display "planagram" which was actually printed out back to front so that the display had to be the reverse of what was on my printed sheet...I'm amazed looking back, I managed. Had that job for over two years haha.

 

[yozhik]

I have a standing desk and when I use it I really like it a lot. For some reason I've gotten lazy over the past couple of years and find myself sitting most of the time. When I'm standing I tend to be more productive and it's easier for me to stay awake and alert.