Originally Posted by feliciadragon

Hi Courtney! I work in a call center too, for Progressive Auto Insurance. I went back to work last Wednesday, having been out for 3 weeks. I keep sugar free pudding and jello, and applesauce sweetened with splenda at my desk because they are easy to eat between phone calls and if my phone rings, I'm not busy chewing. I am still trying to get adjusted though. I'm trying to get in all of my water, which requires extra trips to the bathroom and I am also not necessarily hungry at my "scheduled" break times and I don't want to eat if I'm not hungry. My manager was very understanding last week - we can turn our phone off and go into "Misc" time for unanticipated trips to the restroom etc, but we are supposed to limit this to 10 minutes total during the day (thats in addition to the two 15 minute breaks and hour lunch that we get). I had 3 times as much Misc time as I was supposed to have all 3 days I worked last week with trips to the ice machine, the restroom, and eating when I was actually somewhat hungry. Have a good day at work tomorrow and let us know how it goes!