Seriously, why so much in your desk drawer? It seems very cluttered to me.

(I do have about ten tons of those drawer organizers in my kitchen. I’m a big fan of the Container Store. You can buy 5 of every drawer organizer, see what works in your drawers, and CS doesn’t bat an eye when you return the rest.)

Go for the real thing baby! And by the real thing I mean I have real a real silver place setting I found at a thrift store.

Have a few random bowls in your cupboard? Bring them to work! Eating out of a real bowl instead of a plastic tub makes me feel like I am eating a real meal and not some lousy leftovers. Elevates the lunch time experience.

I even have a cutting board and a chefs knife at my desk to cut up the bowl of fruit I bring in every monday.

This way, everything is clean and sanitized. I don’t lose any space at work, I don’t have to wash stuff in the middle of the day and everything is always prepped for the next day. If it’s a weekend, I still pack the container and set it in a special drawer until the next workday. I also help the environment by not using the plastic. If I get extra napkins someplace when I eat out, I use those for my lunch kit and nothing goes to waste.

And what’s with all the multitude of utensils? Who are you feeding? Or is it that you’re throwing the stuff away?

Another solution is to bring the real thing: stainless steel or some other long-life fork, spoons, and knife. Store them in a zip lock bag to prevent the various and sundry unfriendly elements that come out in the office night. Best of all, they’re cleaned after each use, and the planet is a few less plastic pieces closer to a global trash heap.

@ Jeff, I can’t believe you won’t walk 200 ft. to the mens bathroom to rinse your silverware. That is just plain lazy and adding to our growing problem of trash.

Go to this article by Scientific American and you might be motivated to make the trek all the way down the long hallway: http://tinyurl.com/2sg3ax

Taken from the article:
“For now, U.S. scientists with concerns about BPA recommend that anyone sharing those worries avoid using products made from it: Polycarbonate plastic is clear or colored and typically marked with a number 7 on the bottom, and canned foods such as soups can be purchased in cardboard cartons instead.

If canned goods or clear plastic bottles are a must, such containers should never be microwaved, used to store heated liquids or foods, or washed in hot water (either by hand or in much hotter dishwashers). “These are fantastic products and they work well … [but] based on my knowledge of the scientific data, there is reason for caution,” Belcher says. “I have made a decision for myself not to use them.”

Beautifully said! I like to keep my drawers as condensed and organized as possible. I don’t currently have utensils, but then again I don’t usually eat at my desk either. But still, you never know. Great tip!

The men’s restroom is a good 200 feet away. Realistically, I’m not gonna go down there every day to wash my dishes. I grab a plastic spoon, a microwavable bowl of soup, and a drink, eat my lunch, toss the bowl and spoon in the trash, and go back to work. Total: 10 minutes, max.

If I had any drawers in my office I don’t think there’d be cutlery in them

It is difficult to wash off, even after taking the time to pull all the utensils out of the drawer. I am going to replace all the white plastic in my utensil drawer with either black plastic or bamboo ones. I think I saw the bamboo dividers at Target.