My boss told me today that I should not be on my phone cause I’m at the front desk and people might assume we don’t work hard. I also ate at my desk this lunch cause I wanted some alone time and didn’t feel like socializing. He gave a remark I should eat with the colleagues to promote team atmosphere. I said I’m free at lunch to do as I please and he responded that if I want some alone time I could go for a walk but me eating at my desk looks weird and is unhygienic. He said he won’t make a formal note of it this time (the lunch, he did wrote up the phone thing without proof). How should I handle this the best?
Another reason I ate at my desk is cause I am only allowed to leave my desk for lunch break between 12.00-12.30. At other times front desk needs to be manned. I worked through a bit and lost track of time so I ate at the desk to cover the front desk. I’ll guess I’ll just starve myself next time