TAFEP Hero 2026 Sep
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#SadDeskLunch trends for lonely lunching employees

They're the saddest lunches in the office, and now they're taking over Instagram.

The hashtag #SadDeskLunch is trending at the moment, to unite employees around the world who regularly eat boring, last minute meals at their desks alone, instead of joining colleagues or friends for a break.

The trend has become so popular it has even spawned its own website saddesklunch.com

Here are some of the best (or worst) we've come across.

An unappetising sandwich:

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Some sad looking pizza:

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 A nice-looking lunch, but still being eaten alone. And sad:

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Whatever this is supposed to be:

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And the saddest lunch of all:

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Images: Instagram

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