Coworker never leaves his desk at work!!

[goodtype]

Do you get a little restless at work if you are forced to sit at a desk all day? I sure do and have to get up every hour and walk around a little bit and stretch my legs. This is not the case with my coworker in the next cubicle.

My coworker is a Math genius and spends the entire day on the computer doing some type of statistical analysis. He comes in at 8:00 am on the dot every day and leaves at 5:00 pm on the dot. He never says anything to anyone all day. His phone never rings. His boss is out of State and only communicates with him via email.

Though the most bizarre thing about my coworker is he never leaves his desk. Never, not even to go to the restroom! He brings a sack lunch which he will eat at his desk and a snack which he will eat at 3:00 on the dot. I started to notice him never getting up to go to the restroom a few months ago and have been watching him! Yes, I know it is kind of odd but a couple of my coworkers have mentioned it also. We all watch him and have attempted to catch him leaving his desk. So far he has never left his desk!

How is this even possible? Could you make it through an entire eight hour period without getting up to walk around- or take care of natures calling?

 

[mickeyfan2]

He is an alien sent to earth to watch you. His spacecraft drops him off at exactly 8 am and picks him up at exactly 5 pm. Then they hover over your home and it looks like a helicopter, but it is really a spaceship. Didn't you know that aliens do not need to use the restroom except once a day. He uses that at exactly 7 am each day. His lunch and snack are really data collection tools that he beams up to the mother ship each day at noon and 3 pm exactly. I hope this explains everything to you.

 

[SplshMtn99]

So just think.....he's passing gas right next to you!!!

 

[TheDisneyTraveler06]

I have to get up and do something!

 

[Patch'sD]

At His point and Station in Life menial tasks like going to the bathroom are beneath him. Or maybe he is afraid of the Hellicopters.

 

[mrsltg]

Wow! You're beneath me - you only have a cubicle?

 

[SplshMtn99]

Wow! You're beneath me - you only have a cubicle?

 

[goodtype]

In my company many of the higher up non management types are in cubicles. The man who never uses the restroom is a $100K a year type, I suspect, because he has a PHD in Math and twenty years of experience in Statistical Analysis.

Enough with the jokes about my previous post. This is a sincere honest question. For crying out loud!

 

[Aerochic]

Not to sound rude, but does he seem physically well? Could he have an um, (ok trying to sound nice here) urine bag? A friend of mine has one due to a motorcycle accident, you could never tell. I would never last all day that is for sure!

 

[mrsltg]

Enough with the jokes about my previous post. This is a sincere honest question. For crying out loud!

Not going to the bathroom all day? Weird
Keeping track of someone's bathroom habits? Weirder
Posting about said hobby on the internet? Weirdest

 

[lyzziesmom]

Isn't 8-5 nine hours, not eight? That makes it even more amazing!! I am a receptionist and I get very few chances to leave my desk each day, and it drives me nuts.

 

[DisneyGirl4188]

At a former job, I had to work for 10 hours straight. Unless I was working with someone else, I couldn't get up and eat lunch or walk around. It did drive me nuts! At my current job I get up every so often to stretch.

Perhaps this guy doesn't want to leave his desk, because everyone is watching him and talking about him?? Maybe he's shy? Maybe he's a robot???

 

[minnieandme]

He is an alien sent to earth to watch you. His spacecraft drops him off at exactly 8 am and picks him up at exactly 5 pm. Then they hover over your home and it looks like a helicopter, but it is really a spaceship. Didn't you know that aliens do not need to use the restroom except once a day. He uses that at exactly 7 am each day. His lunch and snack are really data collection tools that he beams up to the mother ship each day at noon and 3 pm exactly. I hope this explains everything to you.

 

[RitaZ.]

Not going to the bathroom all day? Weird
Keeping track of someone's bathroom habits? Weirder
Posting about said hobby on the internet? Weirdest

 

[Sparx]

Its possible. Not sure I'd want to do it, but its possible.

 

[jcsbama]

The man who never uses the restroom is a $100K a year type

Maybe that's why he's a $100K a year type

 

[goodtype]

I have been reading the postings on the Dis board for years. After reading thousands of posts I am convinced that if there is anyone left in the world who is not weird--- I would like to meet him/her. There are so many strange things on Internet message boards that are just plain crazy, but I suspect that are actually quite normal within the posters own mind.

Anyway, back to the man who can go 8-9 hours without getting up to walk to the restroom.....

 

[Missy1961]

He is an alien sent to earth to watch you. His spacecraft drops him off at exactly 8 am and picks him up at exactly 5 pm. Then they hover over your home and it looks like a helicopter, but it is really a spaceship. Didn't you know that aliens do not need to use the restroom except once a day. He uses that at exactly 7 am each day. His lunch and snack are really data collection tools that he beams up to the mother ship each day at noon and 3 pm exactly. I hope this explains everything to you.

I think so too.

 

[koopa]

Your coworker might be on the DIS all day. Who knows? Most around here might work in their cubicle an hour then walk aroud.

 

[LindsayDunn228]

Sounds like he has a good work ethic to me.