Men - How Long to get Ready for Work?

[EarlJam]

From the time you get out of bed to the time you walk out the door for work, how much time elapses?

[ForeverBlowingBubbles]

Usually wake up early enough to have a comfortable amount of time... shower 5-10 minutes, shave/ fix hair/brush teeth etc 10 minutes, dress 5-7 minutes, make breakfast, have coffee, read the news, hour and a half... so about 2 hours for me - if I needed to I could get away with 20 minutes.

[EarlJam]

Usually wake up early enough to have a comfortable amount of time... shower 5-10 minutes, shave/ fix hair/brush teeth etc 10 minutes, dress 5-7 minutes, make breakfast, have coffee, read the news, hour and a half... so about 2 hours for me - if I needed to I could get away with 20 minutes.

That sounds awesome but I can't make myself do it. At night, I have to force myself to go to bed (like now). In the morning, I have to really force myself to get up.

-EJ

[hc5duke]

Missing option: <15 minutes. Takes me 3-5 minutes to wash my face and brush my teeth, another 5-7 minutes to shower/dry. Then another 3 minutes to drive to work.

[billybreen]

I don't usually head into the office till 10 or so, so that usually means more than 1.5 hours. Lately I've been trying to get my lazy worthless self up at the ungodly hour of 7:30 to get a run in before work, but I still don't head to the office till 10.

[OZZIE4DUKE]

It all depends on how long the first S takes...

Shower: 10 minutes

Shave: 5 minutes (Norelco rotary, as previously discussed in another thread)

Plus a few minutes to brush my teeth and 5 minutes to get dressed.

The last parts take ~20 to 25 minutes. The first part, well it depends on whether I'm reading the morning paper or not, among other things.

[dukepsy1963]

I don't work at a "job" anymore.............ah me.....:)

[DevilAlumna]

Plus a few minutes to brush my teeth and 5 minutes to get dressed.

The last parts take ~20 to 25 minutes. The first part, well it depends on whether I'm reading the morning paper or not, among other things.

So, if you dress last, how do you get the paper!? :D

[Lavabe]

So, if you dress last, how do you get the paper!? :D

At least Ozzie dresses ... now after re-reading the post of hc5duke, ... well ... umm... :eek:

For shame, Ozzie, not shaving while you're driving!;)

To bring in another thread, I can't stand the folks who do make-up while they drive. :mad: They're not just doing it at stop lights (at which point, when the light turns green, they're still in mid-mascara), they're doing it on GA-400!! Couldn't you take another 5-10 minutes and do that at home?

My problem isn't the amount of time it takes me to get ready. It's the traffic. Oh no ... I sense another poll.

Cheers,
Lavabe

[OZZIE4DUKE]

So, if you dress last, how do you get the paper!? :D

The paper gets delivered to the house. I either go out to the mail box and get it dressed in my PJ's and weather appropriate outer garment, or my wife, who usually leaves the house before I get up (she left 30 minutes ago), brings it in for me before she leaves. I'm self employed and work at home, so unless I have an early customer appointment (I'm in sales), I don't go out to an office in the morning.

[Fish80]

5 min - facilities
5 min - take dog outside
5 min - juice and fruit
45 min - run and floor exercise
5 min - stretch
5 min - yogurt and juice or water
20 min - teeth, shower, dress
90 min - out the door

can do it in 20 min when needed to catch early flight or get in for early meeting

would really like 2 hours, but have a 45 min commute so getting up pretty early already, usually 5:45 am. It's dark again since they changed the friggin clocks.

skipped my run this morning (rest day), that's why I have time to post

"I love the smell of victory in the morning!"

[billybreen]

To bring in another thread, I can't stand the folks who do make-up while they drive. :mad: They're not just doing it at stop lights (at which point, when the light turns green, they're still in mid-mascara), they're doing it on GA-400!! Couldn't you take another 5-10 minutes and do that at home?

EarlJam apologizes.

[pamtar]

Then another 3 minutes to drive to work.

You should walk;)

For me its however long I have left before I have to leave the house to get to school/work on time. Usually up my 7:30, out the door by 7:55. (I should walk too.)

PS - who brushes their teeth anymore? Thats so 1982.

[EarlJam]

EarlJam apologizes.

Ha Ha, very funny.

I would never put on make-up while driving. I've slipped my black laced silk stockings on while in traffic before (no one can see you do that). But I'd never put my make up on where others could see me.

-EarlJam

[bluebutton]

I'm answering for my husband who is not a morning person.

Alarm--7AM
Snooze
7:25--up for his morning devotional and prayers
7:35--OJ and unloads dishwasher
7:40-8:15--brush teeth, shave, shower
8:15-8:30--breakfast: oatmeal, swiss chard [odd, I know]; makes lunch
8:30-8:35--dishes
8:37 out the door

And it really basically happens like this every day.

[Jfrosh]

Usually get up, then get the kids up, make them breakfast, eat breakfast, use facilities read newspaper and shave all at the same time (I'm multi talented). Iron shirt for the day, brush teeth, shower and dress. Hour and a half on a normal day. If I need to, and wife irons, I can do it in 20 minutes.

[Clipsfan]

There is a correlation between this and the one about women, as I often get up before my wife but I let her get ready first. As a result, I tend to mess around in the morning on the internet etc. For a while I watched an episode or three of Lost before hitting the shower.

[rthomas]

Do none of you drink coffee? I gotta have a 2-cup drip or I can't make it to work.

[hc5duke]

Do none of you drink coffee? I gotta have a 2-cup drip or I can't make it to work.

my coffee maker (french press) is at work

[billybreen]

Do none of you drink coffee? I gotta have a 2-cup drip or I can't make it to work.

I hit Starbucks at 1 or 2. Helps break up the day and get me over the hump.

[DevilAlumna]

Do none of you drink coffee? I gotta have a 2-cup drip or I can't make it to work.

Free Starbucks at work. I can wait.

[Lord Ash]

6:40 Alarm

6:40-7:00 morning glory/read Tom Clancey or Newsweek or Time

7:00-7:10 shower

7:10-7:20 brush teeth, put on tie, etc

7:20 out the door.

[wilson]

Since I don't have a standard 9-to-5, this doesn't really apply to me. But when I had a "real" job (and someday if/when I have one again), 20 minutes is pretty standard. Pop-Tarts (the delightful items that got the whole LTE started:)) suffice for breakfast-in-transit, with minimal danger.
These days, however, I spend a while reading headlines, etc. while enjoying green tea. About the time my coffee pot bit the dust, my girlfriend proclaimed that green tea was really good for you, that if you switch from coffee to tea, you'll lose ten pounds in three weeks, blah blah blah, and had me start drinking it.
I called bull[crap] on the "10 pounds" thing, but nevertheless developed a taste (or did she just place it upon me?). Now I still have no coffee pot, I drink tea in the morning, and sure enough, I lost 10 pounds in 3 weeks (but don't tell her).

[devildeac]

about 75 minutes including, stretching, a 2 mile run, shower, dress, breakfast and various bodily functions.

[Jarhead]

My vote was for longer. I included breakfast, reading the papers, and getting my first dose of the DBR. I usually don't leave the house until just before my tee time. Aah, yeah... I am retired, so I don't go to work.