On a trading desk, it's unusual for more than one or two people to leave their seats at a time for lunch. And often, the team will order delivery and one of the

On a trading desk, it's unusual for more than one or two people to leave their seats at a time for lunch. And often, the team will order delivery and one of the junior guys will go downstairs to pick it up. Once, I left my seat to go to Starbucks for about twelve minutes. In that time, the AVGO/BRCM merger was announced, and my BRCM position made $500k in my absence. So there's at least one major industry in NY where it's generally discouraged for people to leave their desks.