there is nothing noble about working through lunch.EastEnder said:Besides which, Hollis obviously doesn't work hard enough - there's no fucking way they'd ban eating at your desk where I work, cos people would then actually have to leave their desks, so wouldn't be working through every lunchtime......
The need for a no eating hot and cold food at your desk policy
- Thread starter Hollis
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citydreams
on the road again
Move away from your desk round here and a consultant is likely to nick it.
Hollis, I think you should introduce mandatory tai chi excersices every hour on the hour till you're all in harmony and then take lunch with the hare christnas.
Hollis, I think you should introduce mandatory tai chi excersices every hour on the hour till you're all in harmony and then take lunch with the hare christnas.
change the company culture! take lunch! ha it's easy for me to say i know, i don't know anything about where you work... but, y'know, if i ran a company i'd make everyone take lunch and do no unpaid overtime. wait no, no overtime at all. and put an end to "who can stay in the office latest", "who can come in most weekends", "who can suffer the most" work culture. and I would feed my staff golden milk and platinum sandwiches from pret.EastEnder said:Who the fuck said it was noble?!?!
Company culture, small firm, too much work, endless deadlines, etc, etc.....
sleaterkinney
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Biscuits or snacks are ok, but not food, I make it a point to take my one hour lunch break every day (that's ONE whole hour eastender. 
). You have to get out of the office.
). You have to get out of the office.
sleaterkinney
Well-Known Member
Depends on the seed..rutabowa said:
rutabowa said:
Me too!
Unfortunately we'd be bankrupt within a month
I'll never be a captain of industry
We've just had a 'no crisps purchased as part of company lunches' policy enforced. Does no-one ever try to work out that the amount of cash saved on these ludicrous schemes is completely outweighed the amount of corporate disharmony caused by introducing them.
If I had a company I'd have free fresh fruit available all week, and then cakes on a Friday afternoon
girasol
Addicted to handstands!
beeboo said:If I had a company I'd have free fresh fruit available all week, and then cakes on a Friday afternoon
We get fresh fruit, juice, fizzy drinks, water, tea and coffee daily for free. I rate it as one of the best benefits!!
And on Fridays free pizza... (although I'm so sick of pizza I don't take advantage of that anymore)
BUT since we have been taken over by gigantic multinational we have heard some horror stories... Apparently they even have to pay for their own coffee!!!
So, once we're relocated that'll be the end of it...
magneze
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I assume that they're building a canteen instead? If not then it's a load of bollocks frankly. What an idiotic and pointless way to piss off staff.Hollis said:The Man is introducing a no eating hot or cold food at the desk policy.
All ready the issue of apples has been raised.
I think he wants to stop me eating the 4 pm sandwich.
sparkling
Proper country now
Perhaps Hollis is a particularly messy eater? Do you dribble over the keyboard or get sticky fingers on the keys and thus jam them up for other users? Do you wipe smeary fingers over your screen or spit sprays of food all over the shop?
Perhaps its one of those management policies that are really aimed at one person but they sort of do a blanket response which will really put the backs up of those who do eat tidily. 
Perhaps its one of those management policies that are really aimed at one person but they sort of do a blanket response which will really put the backs up of those who do eat tidily.
I went to Bloomberg a couple of times and they have a huge area with 'grazing stations' - big tables loaded with breakfast cereal, fruit, biscuits etc all there for the taking, row upon row of fridges of water and fresh juices, posh coffee machines. All FREE!
And loads of big benches for lolling about and taking a break or having a little informal meeting or something.
See here - it's like a whole philosophy built around free food -
http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/01/bberg.html
And loads of big benches for lolling about and taking a break or having a little informal meeting or something.
See here - it's like a whole philosophy built around free food -
http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/01/bberg.html
equationgirl
Respect my existence or expect my resistance
We're not allowed to eat at the desk where I work, but then I work in a library. We are allowed a drink but it must be kept on the table behind the service desk, incase it gets knocked over.
Students are discouraged from bringing hot food in - we did used to have a no food & drink rule, but the day staff couldn't be bothered to enforce it - and if we catch students trying to bring in open paper cups of coffee/tea/hot drink they are told to get a cover for it or stay outside. They always slop it over the stairs and if there's an accident involving said hot drink it'll be me who has to deal with it, which I'd rather not do.
Fuck's sake, it IS a library!!
Students are discouraged from bringing hot food in - we did used to have a no food & drink rule, but the day staff couldn't be bothered to enforce it - and if we catch students trying to bring in open paper cups of coffee/tea/hot drink they are told to get a cover for it or stay outside. They always slop it over the stairs and if there's an accident involving said hot drink it'll be me who has to deal with it, which I'd rather not do.
Fuck's sake, it IS a library!!
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