Entitled Employer Expects Employee to Run Work Errands During Lunch & Still Have Time to Eat

• "The lunch break is for eating so go back to work"

  
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• "I didn't have time to eat because I was running YOUR errands"

  
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• "Lunch time is for eating"

  
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• Redditors reacted in the comments

  

  Many urged OP to never work during breaks. "I learned that the hard way." OP replied, "Even if I don't want to eat at that given moment, I AM taking that lunch break."
  
  Others described other fun ways you can kill time during your break, even when you're not hungry. "Oh I'll take naps on my lunch." Said u/Seriously_jst_4real, "Granted I'm not in a store so there are a few places to sit down. But depending on the weather I've also gone out to my car. Set an alarm on my phone and chill."
  
  u/TrenttheUncatchable1 added, "Years ago, I was the assistant mgr at a bank branch. Every day at lunch I'd drive around to the back of the strip mall my branch was next to and just park my car and read. If I used the break room, I was constantly interrupted. If I left, everything somehow managed to get taken care of for 45 minutes."

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• "Leave the building for your lunch"

  

  u/RJack151 made a good point—if you're not in the building, your boss can't ask you for anything. Who wants to be at work during a lunch break anyway? Go outside and savor the fresh air.

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• Malicious compliance shouldn't have been necessary

  

  Once you let your boss use your precious break time to run work errands, you've unfortunately set a precedent that that sort of boundary-crossing behavior is acceptable. Best to squash these offenses before they become the norm.

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• "Lunch isn't about eating"

  

  Read the original thread here. 

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