Emma,
you are very naughty.
If you have time to post on FT you have time to make a little bread. The machine can do most of it for you. Just make a starter the day before and finish by hand. Buy one of those baguette tins and you're there.
A nice soft flatbread could be made in your machine .... a little milk or yoghurt to a plain bread mix .. flatten it out and cooked on a steak griddle. How tough is that?
I'll have you making bagels in no time .....
I think my office might notice that I am making bread at my desk - at least doing this it looks like I am working on an important document (ok, right now I am eating naan and typing, but still).
My problem is that I often don't get home until 8ish, and the thought of baking bread at that point doesn't inspire me. Weekends are easier, absolutely.