# Bed to desk.. how long? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 17, 2006, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bed-to-desk-how-long/364938 "2006-07-17T23:25:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2006, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bed-to-desk-how-long/364938/41 "2006-07-18T13:07:03Z")
I wake around 6:15 Leave around 6:25 At the desk at 7:00. That’s 45 minutes with a 35 minute commute. I usually shower the night before, so when I get up in the morning, I brush my teeth, grab my lunch and GO. I don’t like wasted time. All time before work that isn’t actively spent 1. exercising 2. readying for work is wasted. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2006, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bed-to-desk-how-long/364938/42 "2006-07-18T13:44:21Z")
6:00 - alarm goes off 6:12 - showered, brushed teeth, dressed, head downstairs. **Ms. D** is generally already up, walked the dog and made coffee, and the dog brought in the paper. I make my lunch, a couple bagels for the train, drink some coffee, and skim the comics and a couple of other sections of the paper. 6:45 - out the door, walk 10 minutes to train. 6:59 train to Chicago, gets in at 7:35. Another 10 minute walk on that end. 7:45 - sign in at work. So the answer is 1:45, bed to desk. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2006, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bed-to-desk-how-long/364938/43 "2006-07-18T14:02:21Z")
I can hit the snooze alarm until 8:15 and still be walking in the door when they make the opening announcement at 9. (Of course, the rule is I’m supposed to be _in place_ at 9, but, you know.) I snooze as long as possible, bolt out of bed, throw my wrinkled clothes in the dryer, kick the dog’s furry butt out the door, take a shower, get dressed, and leave the house with breakfast in hand (or planned for break). I can get to work in 15 minutes on a regular workday if there’s no construction - 7 on a Sunday. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2006, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bed-to-desk-how-long/364938/44 "2006-07-18T14:02:30Z")
Up at 8:15, out the door by 8:40, and if I’m lucky and there’s a parking space in the closer lot, at my desk at 9:00. If I have to park in the farther lot, at the desk by 9:10. So basically 45 minutes. ---
**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2006, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bed-to-desk-how-long/364938/45 "2006-07-18T14:10:47Z")
I’m up at 6:45, clothes chosen and out of the shower by 7. If husband isn’t up by 7:05, I wake him up. Prettify myself until about 7:25, take the dog out, make sure everyone has enough food/water to last until I get home for lunch. (Og forbid one of our pets should happen to see the bottom of the food bowl!) I leave for work at around 7:30 or shortly thereafter, and punch in around 7:35-7:40 depending on “traffic,” which in my world means if I have to wait for a couple of cars while trying to cross the highway. Sometimes I’m a little later if I decide to _gasp_ iron something, and might not get there until 7:42 or so. On Wednesdays (deadline day) there’s no screwing around and I’m up at 6:30 and punched in by 7:20. ---
**Author:** ![cmosdes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@cmosdes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmosdes)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2006, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bed-to-desk-how-long/364938/46 "2006-07-18T14:32:31Z")
The average time appears to be right around 1.5 hours. For those that work from home and your time from bed to desk is 5 minutes, do you really not shower or do other things in the morning before you start work? ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2006, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bed-to-desk-how-long/364938/47 "2006-07-18T14:44:20Z")
[QUOTE=cmosdes] For those that work from home and your time from bed to desk is 5 minutes, do you really not shower or do other things in the morning before you start work? [/QUOTE] Well, not on their own time! ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2006, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bed-to-desk-how-long/364938/48 "2006-07-18T15:04:46Z")
[QUOTE=cmosdes] For those that work from home and your time from bed to desk is 5 minutes, do you really not shower or do other things in the morning before you start work? [/QUOTE] Sometimes I’ll pour a bowl of cereal while the dog is eating, and take it back to my desk. Other times I check email and respond to email first then get my cereal. I work all day in my jammies, then after work I will go to karate or work in the yard, so I get dressed after work. When I’m done with doing whatever made me sweaty for the day, THEN I shower. But yeah…it really is wake-pee-dog-desk here. No foolin’ around inbetween 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2006, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bed-to-desk-how-long/364938/49 "2006-07-18T15:12:39Z")
A couple of times I’ve done it in 15-20 minutes because I’ve overslept but normally it’s about 60-90 minutes - it helps that I can drive to my workplace in about 7 minutes, although it takes another 10 minutes to walk from the gate to my desk (obviously if I can get a lift from the gate to my office it’s faster, which is how I’ve managed to get there in 15-20 minutes). I shower and dress quite quickly, but I need a lot of wake-up time. With a 7am start and a 5:30am alarm, I still don’t really start to wake up properly until at least 10am (and quite frankly, never wake properly until sometime in the evening, after 7pm. I’m a night person, not a day person). ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2006, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bed-to-desk-how-long/364938/50 "2006-07-18T15:16:10Z")
Out of bed at 7:50am, at my desk at 8:30am. I shower the night before and I’m pretty low maintenance. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2006, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bed-to-desk-how-long/364938/51 "2006-07-18T15:42:07Z")
Alarm clock goes off at 5:30; wife gets first shower. At 6:00, I get my shower and then get dressed. Once done, I drive to work listening for accidents I might have to re-route around. I’m always at work by 8, which gives me time for a styrofoam cup of cereal and ‘skim-plus’ milk before my official start time. ---
**Author:** ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2006, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bed-to-desk-how-long/364938/52 "2006-07-18T17:04:36Z")
If I’m taking a full shower, I wake up at 6.38 for work at 8. If I’m taking a mini-shower (meaning I’m not washing my hair because I did it last night) it’s 7.23. My clock is 8 minutes fast, so it looks like I’m up at 6.45 or 7.15. As much as I hate waking up in the morning, I enjoy being able to take my time getting ready. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bed-to-desk-how-long/364938.md?page=2)