Do you take food to work?

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How do you get lunch while you're at work? Do you take a lunchbox? Have a canteen there you can buy food or do you go out to a cafe in your lunch break?

NuitBlanche · Accepted Answer

From 9:30-9:46 we have breakfast together at work. So at some point I brought myself cereal and then milk for coffee and cereal.

This break is not normal in German companys.

Sometimes I bring something for lunch. Frozen vegetables that I prepare in the pan. Or rice stuffed grape leaves from the discount store ready to go. Or eat from the day before.

Sometimes I eat nothing the whole day because there is too much work.

Mineral water & coffee buys the company.

Reem12345reem · Accepted Answer

At school, I usually don't take a lunch box bc no one else brings one , maybe bc they think it's childish or just not cool I don't know , so I don't eat or just buy smthg from the school cafeteria , but the main reason I didn't eat is bc I was too busy running from the principal to the other playground

Phoenix98 · Accepted Answer

Nah I have an hour lunch break and I live 7-10 minutes away from our main plant/warehouse if I'm at out plant 15 minutes away from work I grab lunch at a sandwich shop. And if I have to go out of town to a different town/city for work we usually just get lunch at a restaurant or diner and if the boss is with us he pays for the meals.

So there really isn't much need to bring something.

AviatorTom · Accepted Answer

I usually take a frozen meal in a freezer bag and heat it in the microwave for lunch. Something from the junk food machine (candy bar, potato chips) sometimes for "dessert".

I voted A-lunch box... that's the closest choice to what I do.

jennifer_bloom · Answer

When I used to work at a technology company, I would sometimes eat lunch I bought by microwaving it and other times I would stop by the near by gas station for some pre made meals. I preferred the food they sold at the station cause it tasted better. I would usually get a hot dog or a sandwich cause those were my favourite things to eat there.

andreasderjuengere · Answer

I am given a lunch pack by my PCG (Primary Care Giver = the Missus).

Usually, it's too much;

and that's very much to the delight of the company dog

(who is a bitch, and thus loves me a lot for giving her free meals in return of wiggling her tail)

humanearth · Answer

I take a lunch box and a gallon of homemade tea or juices, sometimes I even pack a beer in lunch box

Me or my wife will make my lunch the night before.

Like today I roast beef on rye with lettuce, tomato, onions, homemade hot spicy mustard, some raw carrots, two beers and a pear

That was my lunch today at work

exitseven · Answer

I take a lunch box. I put an ice pack in it and bring something to drink, a sandwich, hard boiled egg and a piece of fruit. Sometimes my wife will buy those little bags of popcorn or potato chips and I will take one of those too it is way cheaper than eating out

Andres77 · Answer

I fast all day. If I’m struggling around 2-5 PM I keep some beef jerky and some pickles and garlic stuffed olives in the fridge at work. I’ll snack on just enough to cover my cravings until I get home. Then I’ll eat veggies and a little lean meat. Very little starches (rice, bread, potatoes, corn, pasta).

Red-Blaze · Answer

All of the above depending on the day
Sometimes I make my self food
Some times pop out to eat
When worked where they had a canteen I did that some times as well
And sometimes I just skip eating for the day

madhatters4 · Answer

when i still worked in an office (pre-pandemic) i would take lunch some days. but i worked in philadelphia which has great food so at least once a week i'd treat myself to some takeout food somewhere near my building

Red_Arrow · Answer

No food service where I work and no time to leave work to eat elsewhere. I take a frozen meal and use the microwave at work to cook it. Heating it then eating it can be done in less than 30 minutes.

DeeDeeDeVour · Answer

In some of my offices, I provide lunch for my staff by having food delivered & setup in one of the office conference rooms and/or hiring food trucks parked within the lots.

jamesgoldman · Answer

If I'm at home then I'll make a sandwich, in Hatton Garden it'll be over to Leather Lane for a Tongue&Brisket Reuben, in the field it'll be whatever's available in a cafe, a supermarket meal deal or a burger

Anonymous · Answer

All the time when I was pregnant, but I used to end up eating my lunch as a snack, so I would end up having to buy food in the end to eat for lunch. I did pack snacks but I would eat them for morning tea

Brainsbeforebeauty · Answer

I don’t eat while working even on break… strictly water at work… I get too tired when eat and I have 10 hours to get through

kylee2437 · Answer

Yes I do because I meal prep but I also work at a restaurant and get a free meal too so I order chicken with veggies from there

electromagnetic · Answer

I work at a school so lunch is inclusive to the job.

TheUniqueOne96 · Answer

I take a tupperware container, but bloody forgot it today. 😔

Anonymous · Answer

Nope. I remember in the past being forced to take food when I went school even though we had a cantine. I ended up eating my sandwiches plus lots of cantine food. Wasn't great. Now i take nothing to work except for 1 banana or something, we have no cantine, which is better.

SnowedIn · Answer

I bring food but we have several cafes in the building.

Iron_Man · Answer

Way to risky to cary a sandwich like that in a paper bag to many insects and it’s real hot outside the sandwiches spoil. It needs to be refrigerated at all times.

alice55 · Answer

I do, no need to spend carelessly money for eating out.

KostasKouvalis · Answer

Hell no. I'm a privileged White boy. I have my mom bring me Carl's Jr, Taco Bell, Krispy Krunchy Chicken and Mexican

CassandraSpender · Answer

I don't work, my boyfriend takes care of me, but if I did, I'd take my lunch to save him money

NYCQuestions1976 · Answer

Yes. I bring my lunch to work every day, along with coffee and something for morning break. Much cheaper that way.

Fireguy17 · Answer

Either left overs, a sandwich or a burn and serve meal.

Pudsmucker · Answer

Yes the amount that I saved by taking my lunch is quite a big every time I've purchased lunch it ends up to be about $10.

Surely · Answer

When I was working. We officially only had twenty minutes, that was also paid for lunch. No canteen at work. So we had to carry lunch.

Sparkie460 · Answer

I bring my 40 Oz mug of coffee from home and I drink it all day long. I get tired when I eat during the day so I don't eat till I get home at night

Anonymous · Answer

Yep. I take my food to work. It's much cheaper than going out and getting food everyday.

Anonymous · Answer

i wouldn't waste time on bringing food. i either don't eat or i go get a snack.

PointTaken · Answer

I always take a lunch box. There's really not much open at 2am.

Anonymous · Answer

I work from home. So I just stroll to the kitchen or order takeout.

Nikki1989 · Answer

I go out for lunch.

JHNS98 · Answer

Not at the moment, but maybe next week.

Twalli · Answer

I work from home, my kitchen is close

BLP11520 · Answer

I do and drinks

Kingofkings1992 · Answer

Yeah. I eat it in the work truck

helva · Answer

Depends.

Luopio27 · Answer

Never.

EaterPeter · Answer

All of the above 😉

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