The Vanishing Lunch Break

I used to work through lunch. At the time, if I did, I could go home earlier. Since I got to eat (the only part of lunch I care about) and got to go home earlier, too, it was win-win.

They eventually changed their minds and forced me away from the desk for lunch. Now I take a short one (30 minutes) and actually get out of the office. I agree that it's better for my sanity (and probably digestion) but I really liked having that 30 minutes at home instead.

I'm guilty of this. I have a theory of dual-forces that contribute to it: geographically dispersed work teams and understaffed organizations. If people insisted on taking a hour lunch every day it would be nearly impossible to find acceptable meeting times between 8-5 local time. If companies were willing to pay for collocated (and self-sufficient) project teams that would help, too.

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