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Post by Deleted on Nov 3, 2009 11:49:10 GMT
In my office, most of the women prefer to sit at their desk and eat lunch while most of the men go out. Even when they are not eating, they like to walk around and see what's new in the various streets of the neighborhood.
The women seem to think it is a lot of trouble to put on a jacket, and oh, their shoes are no good for walking, and outside isn't interesting to them anyway. The men want to go out and breathe freely, even if only for 30 minutes.
What's your take on this?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 3, 2009 12:58:43 GMT
When I worked at the office, I always went out, even on the colder days. I felt I needed that fresh air and change of environment, even if only for an hour. At one time, I even enrolled in mid-day exercise classes, or we would go to the bar for a drink, try anything once, that's me...
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Post by bixaorellana on Nov 3, 2009 18:18:00 GMT
Outside for me!
Even though 30 minutes might not be enough time to find a place to eat out, it's long enough for a pleasant walk in the open air. That has to be better for the psyche and physical health than staying hunched over the desk under florescent light while you gobble a sandwich and natter with the people you're stuck with all day long.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 3, 2009 18:40:28 GMT
When I worked in a confined environment,I would run to get outside during a break or in the instances when I could, I took the patients outside too. So now that I work outside all day,I come in and lounge a bit on here,eat and go back outside  |
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Post by rikita on Nov 7, 2009 16:31:01 GMT
interesting that you automatically imply that going out is the "good" thing and staying in is just lazy. i would suppose those that stay in see it the other way around. i never worked in an office, but at school i found it very annoying when we always had to go outside during breaks. i like sitting somewhere quietly, reading a bit, or talking to a friend.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 7, 2009 18:09:57 GMT
That's exactly the sort of observation/explanation that I was hoping for.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 7, 2009 20:29:07 GMT
I don't know if this applies to other bureaucracies but here more then anyplace I've ever lived,if you have to go to the Post Office or god forbid,City Hall during lunch time hours (anywhere from 11a.m.to 2p.m. (which is when a lot of working people have to go get things done!)you can forget it. The clerks (mostly women) are sitting there "on their break" and will totally ignore you.Fine,they are on their break,but why do they have to stay sitting at their desk?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 7, 2009 20:30:22 GMT
People on breaks should be out of sight from the public.
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Post by rikita on Nov 8, 2009 20:03:13 GMT
maybe there are no nice places to sit during breaks there. do you want to spend your break standing? especially if you want to eat? and the break is maybe only half an hour so not worthwhile going out to eat?
of course, some of them might not be on their break and just pretend, that i guess is possible too.
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Post by fumobici on Nov 9, 2009 3:26:45 GMT
They need to take up smoking, then they won't be lolling around their work stations on break!
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Post by tillystar on Nov 9, 2009 12:54:11 GMT
I do 50/50 depending on my mood. Sometimes I spend my break on here posting stuff and eating, sometimes I go for a walk and eat quickly when I get back. It just depends on my mood and the weather. I rarely have time to actually go and eat away from my desk – there is nowhere to eat in except restaurants and nowhere except our desks in the office.
I haven’t noticed any split between men and women at all, maybe women tend to go out more to look in the shops but maybe that’s because I have always worked near good department stores! The general culture here in London is very bad for encouraging people not to take lunch breaks and eat at their desks and continue working. Even if people are pretending to work and are just googling crap, its about keeping up appearances that they are too busy for lunch. It’s more of an event “oh its so and so’s birthday/Friday lets go and eat out/have a quick drink” and not an every day occurrence.
Today it freezing, my feet are very cold so and I will go to the cafe, get something hot and come straight back and talk more rubbish on here.
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Post by lola on Nov 9, 2009 16:50:29 GMT
At my job we only get 30 min to heat things up, eat, do whatever, be back at it. I find a quiet spot inside or out, read my novel, relax. Since my job involves intense conversations, I avoid chat with anyone at lunch.
I'd go along with kerouac's premise, though, since on the weekends my husband thinks nothing of driving 60 miles to see a bird or wildflowers while I'd almost always rather putter near home.
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Post by rikita on Nov 11, 2009 0:12:16 GMT
when i worked at the kindergarden, i was often tired by the time i had my break, so i'd go upstairs to this room where they had their meetings sometimes, and that was empty otherwise, and sit down on an armchair and nap. sometimes the room was locked, then i'd go up to the highest part of the staircase, where almost never anymore passed, sit down on the stairs and nap there. actually, back in school if i had the chance, i'd also nap during breaks. i guess i just like napping.
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Post by auntieannie on Nov 11, 2009 19:02:54 GMT
In the past 10 years, I have always worked in offices located in places not auspicious to walking about.
6 years within Geneva Airport, where I used to have a proper lunch break with my colleagues at the cafeteria; then since my move to the UK, I have always worked in industrial estates, with only 30 to 45 minutes to eat.
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