Do You Take a Proper Lunch Break at Work?

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Do You Take a Proper Lunch Break at Work?
Whether an out-of-control workload or the down economy is keeping you at your desk during your lunch hour, weblog Web Worker Daily points out that 45 percent of U.S. workers are taking fewer and shorter lunch breaks than last year.

We've suggested a few tips for maximizing your lunch hour in the past, but the folks at Web Worker Daily emphasize that skipping your lunch break altogether is not something you should make a habit of. The post offers some suggestions for making sure you squeeze in time for a proper lunch break:

Ditch your desk: Wolfing down a cereal bar with one hand while emailing a colleague with the other does not qualify as a lunch break. Even if you only have a few minutes and can't leave the building or your home office, walk away from your work area or go into your kitchen to grab a bite. We've suggested ways to make your brown bag lunch more appealing so you can save money at work, but it's just as important that you take time out to enjoy it.
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normally i would take out an hour myself and go about lunch, but usually i only take 30 mins to work in the other 30 mins so i can leave 30 mins earlier.

there are however those days which seems to be on the increase (though i'm sure it is unhealthy) where i like eat 5-10 mins and work the rest or not eat at all to meet that programming "dead line".

so Do You Take a Proper Lunch Break at Work?
 
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Nope. We have break at 10:05 - 10:25 and then again at 12:10 - 12:25.

I only get another chance to eat at about 15:30.
 
Nope, being a contractor, I fake a heart attack, and when I slump below my desk, I take a couple of bites of a sandwich, and about 4 swipes of vodka and orange juice, then I am ready for the day. And no one is wiser to my little charade, except that day when I dipped twice and came up giggling, now I try to limit the bites I take from my sandwich
 
On my contract lunch 'hour' is lunch 'half-hour' :/ which gives me enough time to fetch something out my car :p

And most people usually try phone me with problems between 12 and 1. It seems most PC's tend to break in that small time frame :D
 
Kosmik said:
Eat while I work.
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For my first year of work I took a total of 5 lunch breaks to go get stuff done. The rest of the time I'd eat at work.

I would not be allowed to leave earlier, which didn't bother me as I work until 6-7pm often to get stuff done anyway. However, this was taken advantage of and now I take my 1hr lunch as often as I can.
 
Used to hardly ever take lunch or leave. Standing on 35 days leave because I havent taken leave in about 2 years.
Now I will take lunch for an hour each day and will take some leave. (that's if it actually is approved seeing that I'm not supposed to be at work today.
Handed in a leave application form and it's been lying on the bossmans desk for a week. So all the plans I had, had to be cancelled because he "forgot") And don't get me started on the manager... (sorry, I'm really cheesed off)
 
Peder said:
hmm... lunch breaks, i remember those.

Was soo long ago but soon i am going to get them again lol.
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im having one now, lights of door closed; me and my food and mybb :D
 
Nope. None of my coworkers do either. Lunch break usually about 20min or so. Don't really have anything left to do after that. I make up for it by posting *** on here.
 
lol nice topic....
1 hour break in the day is vital - its a small milestone to look forward to.

some of you work too hard :p
 
I split mine up - 20 minute lunch break and my smoke breaks make up the rest of the hour.
 
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