# What do you take to work?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-take-to-work/349819>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 25, 2006, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-take-to-work/349819 "2006-03-25T02:00:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2006, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-take-to-work/349819/41 "2006-03-26T05:02:14Z")

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On a daily basis, I bring in-hand and in a bag:

Keys  
Wallet  
Lunch  
Can of soda  
Work ID card  
Some CDs for the drive  
Ibuprophen

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**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2006, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-take-to-work/349819/42 "2006-03-26T05:27:05Z")

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I take an insulated cup of tea to drink on the way, and my card to get in the door . On Mondays, I take a quart of milk to put in the tea I make at work all week.

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**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2006, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-take-to-work/349819/43 "2006-03-26T06:36:18Z")

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Student, but I take:

Backpack:  
Laptop  
Mouse  
Network cable  
Plug in  
pencil case, stuffed with pens, pencils, stapler, staple, eraser and post-it’s  
comb  
lunch  
Any needed textbooks  
Several folders for whichever classes I have that day  
Notebook  
Agenda  
phone headset  
Whatever book I’m reading right now.

Purse:  
wallet  
keys  
bus pass  
smokes  
lip gloss  
phone  
tylenol

and my mug of coffee and MP3 player.

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**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2006, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-take-to-work/349819/44 "2006-03-26T09:02:08Z")

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AHunter3 - what the hell?! You should put all that crap on wheels.

If I leave the house with more than a wallet, cell phone, keys (just two keys and the car remote) a pen and train ticket in my pockets, and my building badge and server access token hanging around my neck, there’s something unusal going on.

As for a smart-ass response to the question: What do I take to work? BART, but I used to take the bus.

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**Author:** ![jormundgondir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dfb087/32.png) [@jormundgondir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jormundgondir)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2006, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-take-to-work/349819/45 "2006-03-26T16:03:18Z")

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I like to travel light on a regular day: for work I carry a bag with:  
keys  
wallet  
cell phone  
little OQO computer (my laptop/dictionary/ipod/pda)  
a pen (or five, they seem to multiply)  
smokes and a lighter, if i’m in that kind of phase  
sunglasses  
earbud headphones  
small umbrella during wet season  
and sometimes a stripped-down travel scrabble board and tiles.

When summer comes I probably won’t carry a bag at all. I’m not a “purse person.” 🙂

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