Eating breakfast at work

[The Walrus]

I eat breakfast at work and have done so for many years, but I also work on flexi time so can turn up at midday if I want to, as long as I work the 37 hours or more as I always do and do my job within or outside that time then everyone is happy.

I would most likely not take a job that would not allow me to make that choice or to have breakfast to early but that is my own choice.

To the OP, you just sound like a grumpy git, my own preference for my employees is that they do the job I employee them to do and show some initiative once in a while

Edited by The Walrus on Wednesday 17th November 09:25

[ewenm]

Cogcog said:

What if the following decided to have brekkie as soon as their working day started:

Teachers

Delivery drivers

Supermarket check out staff

Call centre staff

So no one else can either? Of course it's inappropriate in some jobs, but so what? It's inappropriate for me to behave like a primary school teacher at work.

[ZesPak]

ewenm said:

Cogcog said:

What if the following decided to have brekkie as soon as their working day started:

Teachers

Delivery drivers

Supermarket check out staff

Call centre staff

So no one else can either? Of course it's inappropriate in some jobs, but so what? It's inappropriate for me to behave like a primary school teacher at work.

idd, ridiculous comparison. I "teach" some days (couple of days/month) and I won't eat while teaching (of course), but I know plenty of teachers who eat in the teachers room if they don't have a class to teach that hour.

[road_rager]

It annoys me when people eat breakfast at work, it's irrational i know, and it's often people who only live just down the road the lazy bds

[H6CJF]

Five pages on the subject of where you eat your breakfast!... only on PH!

[Marf]

Cogcog said:

What if the following decided to have brekkie as soon as their working day started:

Teachers

Delivery drivers

Supermarket check out staff

Call centre staff

st!!!!

He's right, the world would come to an end, the devil would rule for 3000 years and all humanity would be enslaved, all for the sake of some people eating breakfast at work!

[The Walrus]

road_rager said:

It annoys me when people eat breakfast at work, it's irrational i know, and it's often people who only live just down the road the lazy bds

Why is it lazy ? do you expend more energy eating at home than you do at work

[fatboy b]

road_rager said:

It annoys me when people eat breakfast at work, it's irrational i know, and it's often people who only live just down the road the lazy bds

I get up a 6am. I'm not in the mood for breakfast then. I get to work at 6:45, and eat brekky about 7:15 - 7:30 when I'm ready for it.

[joe_90]

Great Pretender said:

Deva Link said:

Great Pretender said:

RedWhiteMonkey said:

Great Pretender said:

I sit beside a shower. At work.

Worse still, I get people walking past me in their towels. At work.

Madness.

Are you a swimming pool attendant?

You'd think so wouldn't you?

Do they wander over to a corner of the office to get dressed?

I'm actually not sure. I suspect the individual(s) (I can think of only two or three) splosh back to their desks and get dressed. It's quite distracting when you're in deep thought and all you can hear is some middle-aged, desperate-to-get-fit-again, fat bloke showering a few feet behind you. Naked.

>shudder<

fap fap fap...

[V8mate]

09.38 - must be time for a cup of tea and a mince pie.

[Gun]

I always eat breakfast at work, when I get up at 5 I don't really feel like eating and I don't know about anyone else but I can eat and work at the same time.

[NDA]

Gun said:

I always eat breakfast at work, when I get up at 5 I don't really feel like eating and I don't know about anyone else but I can eat and work at the same time.

If your work involves talking to people it might be tricky.

[Miguel Alvarez]

Cogcog said:

What if the following decided to have brekkie as soon as their working day started:

Teachers

Delivery drivers

Supermarket check out staff

Call centre staff

I used to work in a call centre and they would provide pizza if you worked through your lunch break.

[Del 203]

CO2000 said:

Famous Graham said:

CO2000 said:

cal72 said:

We do a 7am-3pm without lunch break so we have to eat at our desk and as we do reception duties we have no choice. so it does not matter wether it is breakfast or not.

Pretty sure that's illegal (unless you are not in the UK)

elanfan said:

That is illegal

Not if it was in the contract at signing time, it isn't. Anyone's perfectly entitled to work whatever hours they like.

There is a difference between choosing to work through & not being allowed.

More info here though & there is exceptions
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Employment/Employees/W...

You guys wouldn't believe some City hours/lack of breaks..

[CO2000]

Del 203 said:

CO2000 said:

Famous Graham said:

CO2000 said:

cal72 said:

We do a 7am-3pm without lunch break so we have to eat at our desk and as we do reception duties we have no choice. so it does not matter wether it is breakfast or not.

Pretty sure that's illegal (unless you are not in the UK)

elanfan said:

That is illegal

Not if it was in the contract at signing time, it isn't. Anyone's perfectly entitled to work whatever hours they like.

There is a difference between choosing to work through & not being allowed.

More info here though & there is exceptions
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Employment/Employees/W...

You guys wouldn't believe some City hours/lack of breaks..

& Wages.........

[Fatman2]

V8mate said:

Om nom nom nom. Just finishing up this morning's muesli

You're the very worst of all employees.

Not only do you eat breakfast at work, you're surfing the net at the same time!

You wait till Cogog finds out

[V8mate]

Fatman2 said:

V8mate said:

Om nom nom nom. Just finishing up this morning's muesli

You're the very worst of all employees.

Not only do you eat breakfast at work, you're surfing the net at the same time!

You wait till Cogog finds out

Ah, but it's not quite like that.

I arrive at work at 07.15, fire up the computer, have breakfast from 07.20-07.35 and it's not until 08.30-09.00 that anyone else in the team shows up.

But I surf all day.

[James_N]

CO2000 said:

cal72 said:

We do a 7am-3pm without lunch break so we have to eat at our desk and as we do reception duties we have no choice. so it does not matter wether it is breakfast or not.

Pretty sure that's illegal (unless you are not in the UK)

I do this sometimes as well. The perks of working for the NHS and a reception / switchboard that has to be manned 24/7. quite often doing the sort of hours we do is technically illegal, but such is life, these things have to be done

[Fatman2]

V8mate said:

Fatman2 said:

V8mate said:

Om nom nom nom. Just finishing up this morning's muesli

You're the very worst of all employees.

Not only do you eat breakfast at work, you're surfing the net at the same time!

You wait till Cogog finds out

Ah, but it's not quite like that.

I arrive at work at 07.15, fire up the computer, have breakfast from 07.20-07.35 and it's not until 08.30-09.00 that anyone else in the team shows up.

But I surf all day.

Ah, that's ok then.

I'd be really disapointed if your sum total of surfing only occured between 7:20 and 7:25

[CO2000]

Fatman2 said:

V8mate said:

Fatman2 said:

V8mate said:

Om nom nom nom. Just finishing up this morning's muesli

You're the very worst of all employees.

Not only do you eat breakfast at work, you're surfing the net at the same time!

You wait till Cogog finds out

Ah, but it's not quite like that.

I arrive at work at 07.15, fire up the computer, have breakfast from 07.20-07.35 and it's not until 08.30-09.00 that anyone else in the team shows up.

But I surf all day.

Ah, that's ok then.

I'd be really disapointed if your sum total of surfing only occured between 7:20 and 7:25

With over 17k of posts it would have been very unlikely