# You shouldn't access the SDMB at lunch. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 15, 2002, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-shouldnt-access-the-sdmb-at-lunch/109230 "2002-05-15T18:11:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-shouldnt-access-the-sdmb-at-lunch/109230/1 "2002-05-15T18:11:45Z")
I hate it when all of you access the board at the same time because it really slows it down, and that makes it hard for me to read all the threads and stuff. Why don’t you act like a normal person and read it while you’re at work? Huh? HUH?! I don’t eat lunch, so the rule doesn’t apply to me. Now go do something. ---
**Author:** ![Ferrous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Ferrous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferrous)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-shouldnt-access-the-sdmb-at-lunch/109230/2 "2002-05-15T18:25:31Z")
Yeah! Why should those of us who are here all day (well, 8 to 5 anyway) be inconvenienced by you _conscientious_ fucks who actually _work_ at work? The nerve of some people! ---
**Author:** ![istara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e79b87/32.png) [@istara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/istara)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-shouldnt-access-the-sdmb-at-lunch/109230/3 "2002-05-15T18:30:41Z")
Yeah - I wish you merkins would stop getting up in the morning and using the SMDB during your waking hours. It’s lightning fast for those of us in other timezones while you sleep. ---
**Author:** ![elf6c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c57346/32.png) [@elf6c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elf6c)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-shouldnt-access-the-sdmb-at-lunch/109230/4 "2002-05-15T19:43:09Z")
Ah crap-- it’s me accessing the board at lunch. Sorry guys- a check for a new server is on its way to the Chicago Reader. 😃 _-me_ ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-shouldnt-access-the-sdmb-at-lunch/109230/5 "2002-05-15T19:49:32Z")
You people need to start crapping at home as well. The third stall on level 2 is mine, you hear? ---
**Author:** ![Myrnalene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@Myrnalene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myrnalene)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-shouldnt-access-the-sdmb-at-lunch/109230/6 "2002-05-15T22:11:26Z")
No, no, no!! You lucky bastards have _ **all day** _ to suck deeply from the pure and lovely stream that is the Straight Dope, and I have only one hour! YOU get off the boards on MY lunch break! ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-shouldnt-access-the-sdmb-at-lunch/109230/7 "2002-05-16T03:05:19Z")
Careful, or I’ll institute a rule about 8:00am to 4:30pm. ---
**Author:** ![stockton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5a626/32.png) [@stockton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stockton)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-shouldnt-access-the-sdmb-at-lunch/109230/8 "2002-05-16T03:10:58Z")
/homer simpson/ Mmmmmmmmm! Dope Lunch! /end homer simpson/ ---
**Author:** ![lel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8797f3/32.png) [@lel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lel)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-shouldnt-access-the-sdmb-at-lunch/109230/9 "2002-05-16T05:29:37Z")
Hey, at least you all have lunch breaks! Not only do I have to work all day, I have to trudge 10 miles each way to work in the snow! Okay, it’s not that bad, but I am envious of you all who can get to the boards at work. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-shouldnt-access-the-sdmb-at-lunch/109230/10 "2002-05-16T13:02:31Z")
I spend about three hours on these Boads during my \*so-called8 working hours. If you think I’m going to do it during lunch, when I can go home, eat, and watch Days of our Lives, you’re nuts. ---
**Author:** ![DarkJudicator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@DarkJudicator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DarkJudicator)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2002, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-shouldnt-access-the-sdmb-at-lunch/109230/11 "2002-05-17T01:02:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally exxagerated by lel \* > \*\*Hey, at least you all have lunch breaks! Not only do I have to work all day, I have to trudge 10 miles each way to work in the snow! > > Okay, it’s not that bad, but I am envious of you all who can get to the boards at work. \*\* Snow? Out your way? Have you called the papers? That’s freakish weather. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![techchick68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@techchick68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/techchick68)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2002, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-shouldnt-access-the-sdmb-at-lunch/109230/12 "2002-05-17T06:45:04Z")
Don’t worry about me, I don’t come here till the late hours of the night. I can’t stand trying to load the flippin message board between the hours of 8:00 am and 12:00 midnight MDT (or standard time) when I have a DSL connection and it’s slower than fucking molasses. No wonder I don’t come here often. \< hears the cheers and jeers from the peanut gallery \> ---
**Author:** ![dwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwyr/32/363_2.png) [@dwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwyr)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2002, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-shouldnt-access-the-sdmb-at-lunch/109230/13 "2002-05-17T06:50:51Z")
Ha! I’m asleep at noon so I know it isn’t me. [sub]Note: I’m not actually sleeping at work, I’m evening shift. In case anyone was worried about their tax dollars.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![MannyL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@MannyL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MannyL)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2002, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-shouldnt-access-the-sdmb-at-lunch/109230/14 "2002-05-17T09:48:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lel \* > \*\*Hey, at least you all have lunch breaks! Not only do I have to work all day, I have to trudge 10 miles each way to work in the snow! > \*\* Uphill both ways?