Lunch Hour, what do you do with yours?

Philtor · 13 Dec 2012 at 00:06

I normally fire up this forum when eating lunch on my own which is rare, so just tend to eat and chat to mates funny enough

Robbiec053 · 13 Dec 2012 at 00:09

I'm a student so lunch hour is generally no different to the rest of the day

bitslice · 13 Dec 2012 at 00:17

Don't stop for lunch, plenty of time to eat on the drive home.

Rotty · 13 Dec 2012 at 00:17

lunch break ?

Raymond Lin · 13 Dec 2012 at 00:18

Walk outside into town, get lunch, come back and eat.

Antar Bolaeisk · 13 Dec 2012 at 00:19

cymatty said:
I live a 8 minute walk from work so I escape home make a sandwich and watch a tv series episode.

It is a great escape.

I do this too but have to time it right otherwise you're left with either watching those final few minutes or being late for work.

MBennett · 13 Dec 2012 at 00:22

I go to one of the three work gyms - I am very lucky in this regard. I have half of my lunch at my desk about an hour before and the second half right after my workout. If I did not have a gym to go to for an hour at lunch I think I might actually go mad with boredom!

Bobcat · 13 Dec 2012 at 00:23

I usually pop to the local bakery in the industrial estate for a sandwich or something, which I then eat at my desk whilst I listen to music or brows the net.

topgun06 · 13 Dec 2012 at 00:25

Pretty good where I am. We get food delivered to our desks which we eat before our lunch break. Then either a walk into town. Or on a Friday I normally go Cycling which results in a 2 hour break including getting ready and then showering after. Or even football which results in an even longer break!

Simon · 13 Dec 2012 at 00:30

Run, play football or eat

MCMLX · 13 Dec 2012 at 00:31

12hr shift,no lunch break,have to eat and work at the same time.

Philtor · 13 Dec 2012 at 00:34

MCMLX said:
12hr shift,no lunch break,have to eat and work at the same time.

That not against the law man? Your entitled to a lunch break.

MCMLX · 13 Dec 2012 at 00:35

Signalman on the railway,think we have an exemption.

MrMarvelous · 13 Dec 2012 at 01:11

We only get half an hour so I nip to Tesco to get the Meal Deal, nip back and eat while browsing the internet.

oli356 · 13 Dec 2012 at 01:33

Eat then play table football or ping pong with someone else

DJMK4 · 13 Dec 2012 at 02:00

What is thus lunch break you speak of? You mean the 5 minute dash to tescos, bring food back with the intention of browsing and get lumbered with more work?

With a small team it's hard to get a decent break

James_N · 13 Dec 2012 at 02:21

We actually have been told we have to have our "lunch" break halfway through our shift, so on an early start thats 10:30. Our onsite restaurant isn't open at that time of day, and as we only get half an hour, there isn't really time to do much apart from make a brew, then back to work!

D.P. · 13 Dec 2012 at 03:06

I keep lunch quick, about 5mins usually as it is not work time.

Malevolence · 13 Dec 2012 at 04:33

If I'm at HQ then I usually go for a pub lunch. We're pretty lucky as we have a damn good, and I hate this term, 'gastro pub' just down the road. If out in the field, on location, then it's whatever is on offer. That could be anything from a decent restaurant to a burger/hotdog from a van in a lay-by.

trentlad · 13 Dec 2012 at 05:55

Used to sit and eat with the lads at work till I took my book one day. So now I just drive somewhere nice, eat and read for the hour (previously with a small cigar too).

Pretty lucky that our work not only gives us an hour but pays us for the hour break too. So technically we "work" a seven hour day, I've never heard of an employer doing that before.