Do you stop work for lunch?

[sdrawkcab]

Where I work half stop, I don't, prefer to work thru and take early days or time off, it's never questioned.

Company position is to always take scheduled breaks. Probably an OSH thing.

[fixthecopier]

I am not clocked or tracked in any way. Sometimes I work through, if I am very busy. If I am slack in calls I may sit somewhere and chill for a while. It all evens out in the end. I very rarely eat anything big during the day. Eating and driving don't count.

[TonerMunkeh]

Lunch stops at our place are suggested to be taken by the powers that be, although it is unoficially frowned upon. Their stance is you could probably make another call in that hour / half hour, but they can't legally say you can't have a lunch. They would if they could tho!

[travi]

We hired a new office manager a few years back. She requires us to take an hour lunch. Before that lunch was the drive thru between calls.

[Stirton.M]

If I am at a call that takes place during that hour, no. If I am between calls, at some point around noon, I will stop and have a cup of coffee and whatever, read a paper. It really depends on how busy I am.

[mrwho]

I always stop for lunch, and I almost always have a full lunch (dish+desert+coffee). What I do instead of skipping lunch because I'm at a call is to postpone it - if I can't have lunch at 13h, I'll have it later when I finish my call.

[JustManuals]

I always stop for lunch, and I almost always have a full lunch (dish+desert+coffee). What I do instead of skipping lunch because I'm at a call is to postpone it - if I can't have lunch at 13h, I'll have it later when I finish my call.

I hope you're not having 2 starches per meal at those lunches

[mrwho]

I hope you're not having 2 starches per meal at those lunches

Well, in fact I always enjoy eating french fries and rice together - it happens more often than not.

[_Brent_]

I work from 8 to 5 with an unpaid hour for lunch. Ain't no way I'm working through lunch without pay.

[blackcat4866]

Funny that you should mention it. I take my lunch when driving between calls. It just seems like a colossal waste of time to sit around for an hour. The rest of the day is ruined after that. All my momentum is lost. There never really seems to be time for such a leisurely lunch. =^..^=

[Canuck]

Everyday...around noon. I don't work for free and they don't pay me enough to starve.

[OMD-227]

In 15 years, I would have had a relaxing, full lunch hour no more than 5 times. My car is my office, so eating between calls, zig-zagging across the city is the only way to eat.
Of course, what I choose to eat must be easy to carry while driving, but as long as I eat something and have my continuous drip-fed coffee intake throughout the day.... everything is fine.
I came from a country dealsership, where the next call would be over an hour drive away, so sitting down to eat something for an hour, then drive for an hour to the next call just seemed like the biggest waste of time. I could be out on the road, halfway there and just finishing my lunch. Now I'm in the city, quickly eating something between calls is the only way to go, because the next call might be in the building next door, not 1 hour away.

[android790]

lunch is in the car on the way to the next call. i dont get paid for this, but it is just a big waste of time to stop and eat. i can log the drive time as lunch, and keep ohsa from bugging me.

[KenB]

Every day.

I prefer to go between 11:00 and 11:30, as this cuts down the wait at almost any restaurant, either fast food or not.

If I take a half hour, I work until 4:30. If I take an hour, I work until 5:00.

I used to hit the drive through and grab something to eat "on the way", but I stopped doing that some years ago when I finally realized that it is not legal (at least in Ohio, anyway), healthy, or safe - not to mention all the droppings that it leaves behind in the car, as well as the smell - even if you vacuum and clean the interior often.

[zed255]

Most often eat on the run between calls, every once in a while I grab a coffee with co-workers if we happen to be near one another and free at the same time. I often knock off a little early in place of lunch and breaks (officially 2x 15min breaks + 30min lunch).