All of the other answers to this questions are wrong :) The door desk is a badge of achievement. You feel like you have beaten the system - you got a "desk" fo

All of the other answers to this questions are wrong :) The door desk is a badge of achievement. You feel like you have beaten the system - you got a "desk" for a price of the door. It's similar with many other DIY solutions - the inconvenience does not matter. What matters is that you did it yourself. Plus, in some companies, I imagine it might mark you as a member of an inner circle of door-deskers.