One of my pet peeves, particularly in a work or office setting is having my lunch delayed or interrupted by an unimportant matter that could easily be postponed for an while.
I eat a very light breakfast, so I'm usually pretty darned ravenous by noon. For those of you who know me, know that I'm pretty serious about my food... and interrupting my lunch usually results in me becoming, shall we say, a little cantankerous.
The list of things I consider unimportant, particularly in the context of interrupting lunch could fill its own dedicated blog. Here is what I consider important enough to interrupt or delay my lunch:
Anything else can wait.
Come the New Order, strictly enforced lunches will be observed.
All work (with the exception of the above) will come to an immediate halt for the government mandated noon (local to your timezone) lunch hour. That's right... a whole hour, and it's a paid lunch hour as well. While many of us already receive an hour for lunch, many of us are unfairly restricted to a half hour which is barely enough time to heat up and scarf down whatever we've brought in. It certainly isn't enough time to go out somewhere and pick something up.
Additionally it's up to the individual on how they decide to spend that time... have a quick bite, and go for a walk, read the news, or take a nap. Your choice, and you'll also still receive two government mandated 15 minute breaks.
This proclamation applies to both the ruling class... and the rest of you.
A well fed and rested worker is a healthy, happy and efficient worker.
And of course, employers who currently abuse their employees will be sent to a special Government re-education facility (as hosted by the Ministry of Attitude Correction) where they will be re-processed as animal feed.
Huzzah!
I eat a very light breakfast, so I'm usually pretty darned ravenous by noon. For those of you who know me, know that I'm pretty serious about my food... and interrupting my lunch usually results in me becoming, shall we say, a little cantankerous.
The list of things I consider unimportant, particularly in the context of interrupting lunch could fill its own dedicated blog. Here is what I consider important enough to interrupt or delay my lunch:
- An impending disaster, such as a fire, a nuclear strike, an alien invasion, Godzilla-like monster attack, or another similar such example.
- I'm in the middle of moving something extremely heavy or working on something exceedingly dangerous that by interrupting said task, could result in a disaster such as those above.
Anything else can wait.
Come the New Order, strictly enforced lunches will be observed.
All work (with the exception of the above) will come to an immediate halt for the government mandated noon (local to your timezone) lunch hour. That's right... a whole hour, and it's a paid lunch hour as well. While many of us already receive an hour for lunch, many of us are unfairly restricted to a half hour which is barely enough time to heat up and scarf down whatever we've brought in. It certainly isn't enough time to go out somewhere and pick something up.
Additionally it's up to the individual on how they decide to spend that time... have a quick bite, and go for a walk, read the news, or take a nap. Your choice, and you'll also still receive two government mandated 15 minute breaks.
This proclamation applies to both the ruling class... and the rest of you.
A well fed and rested worker is a healthy, happy and efficient worker.
And of course, employers who currently abuse their employees will be sent to a special Government re-education facility (as hosted by the Ministry of Attitude Correction) where they will be re-processed as animal feed.
Huzzah!
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