Gallery: Think Your Office Sucks? Here Are the 15 Saddest Desks We Could Find

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    Keagan Soakell-Ho
    01

    @MtEdenCodeLab

    The ultimate improvised [\#SadDesk](https://twitter.com/hashtag/SadDesk?src=hash) — [@MtEdenCodeLab](https://twitter.com/MtEdenCodeLab), [October 31, 2014](https://twitter.com/MtEdenCodeLab/status/527978718786899968)
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    Ananta Kumar Roy
    02

    @Ananta1990

    [\#SadDesk](https://twitter.com/hashtag/SadDesk?src=hash) This is what an actual one looks like — [@Ananta1990](https://twitter.com/Ananta1990), [October 29, 2014](https://twitter.com/Ananta1990/status/527522758989578240)
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    WHERE TO NOW RECORDS
    03

    @wheretonowsound

    [\#SadDesk](https://twitter.com/hashtag/SadDesk?src=hash) This was my desk for a horrible while — [@WhereToNowSound](https://twitter.com/WhereToNowSound), [October 29, 2014](https://twitter.com/WhereToNowSound/status/527526021558718464)
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    Sister Anne
    04

    @nunblogger

    How's this for a workspace? [\#SadDesk](https://twitter.com/hashtag/SadDesk?src=hash) I still get a lot done on it, though. — [@nunblogger](https://twitter.com/nunblogger), [October 29, 2014](https://twitter.com/nunblogger/status/527511737990676481)
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    Dwight Friesen
    05

    @dwightfriesen

    [\#SadDesk](https://twitter.com/hashtag/SadDesk?src=hash) Come on folks, chair graveyard, loading dock and garbage FTW — [@dwightfriesen](https://twitter.com/dwightfriesen), [October 30, 2014](https://twitter.com/dwightfriesen/status/527855644830085120)
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    RAINBOW SATAN
    06

    @TPHD

    LOL [\#SadDesk](https://twitter.com/hashtag/SadDesk?src=hash) — [@TPHD](https://twitter.com/TPHD), [October 29, 2014](https://twitter.com/TPHD/status/527571340908183553)
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    Brooke Bartenetti
    07

    @bnbartenetti

    My co-workers [\#SadDesk](https://twitter.com/hashtag/SadDesk?src=hash) — [@bnbartenetti](https://twitter.com/bnbartenetti), [October 29, 2014](https://twitter.com/bnbartenetti/status/527508091030368256)
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    Sarah Johnson
    08

    @SarahJ-ATL

    My station for 10 hour days of selling magazines via cold call dialer. Isn't the tech amazing? [\#SadDesk](https://twitter.com/hashtag/SadDesk?src=hash) — [@SarahJ\_ATL](https://twitter.com/SarahJ_ATL), [October 30, 2014](https://twitter.com/SarahJ_ATL/status/527633793449205760)
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    Jesper Juul Andersen
    09

    @JesperJA

    My homemade standing desk at hotel room in Madrid [\#SadDesk](https://twitter.com/hashtag/SadDesk?src=hash) — [@JesperJA](https://twitter.com/JesperJA), [October 30, 2014](https://twitter.com/JesperJA/status/527857864069877760)
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    St. Nick
    10

    @slcityguy

    Infected with giardia, staff infection, and sadness at work. Meds cover my desk. [\#saddesk](https://twitter.com/hashtag/saddesk?src=hash) — [@slcityguy](https://twitter.com/slcityguy), [October 29, 2014](https://twitter.com/slcityguy/status/527513775696388096)
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    Anthony Blake
    11

    @anthonyjblake

    This "desk" split between two TAs. [\#SadDesk](https://twitter.com/hashtag/SadDesk?src=hash) — [@anthonyjblake](https://twitter.com/anthonyjblake), [October 29, 2014](https://twitter.com/anthonyjblake/status/527546129286569984)
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    Chris Agos
    12

    @ChrisAgos

    This is my [\#SadDesk](https://twitter.com/hashtag/SadDesk?src=hash). Location: closet. Use: recording [\#voiceovers](https://twitter.com/hashtag/voiceovers?src=hash)+other tasks. Chair: none. Gets it done tho! — [@ChrisAgos](https://twitter.com/ChrisAgos), [October 29, 2014](https://twitter.com/ChrisAgos/status/527546238833397760)
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    Tim F.
    13
    My [\#SadDesk](https://twitter.com/hashtag/SadDesk?src=hash) / paper graveyard. Fun fact: that printer prints about 40 jobs a day - I use it maybe twice a week — Tim F.
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    J.Sullivan
    14

    @jsullivanj

    Old co-workers [\#SadDesk](https://twitter.com/hashtag/SadDesk?src=hash) — [@jsullivanj](https://twitter.com/jsullivanj) [October 29, 2014](https://twitter.com/jsullivanj/status/527535866902634496)
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