Man uses spaghetti and meatballs, saucey wings, and pizza to put a power-tripping new boss in his place: ‘Lunch is essential and I can’t just skip it...’

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Elna McHilderson • Managing Editor
Jun 1, 2025 7:00 AM EDT

Lunch time is a very important part of the day. In fact, it's so important, that many places state by law that you have to give your employees a lunch break. How the heck are you supposed to keep your brain sharp and muscles moving with no sustenance? And, I don't know about you, but I often choose several more minutes of sleep over breakfast, so lunch is usually my first meal of the day. So there is no way in heck I'm skipping it (and if I do, know that I am big sad that day). 

 

So when this employee's new boss kept scheduling meetings during his lunch, he had to put his foot down, or should I say he had to chomp down? When the employee tried to discuss with him the inconvenience of this new meeting hour, the new boss just told him to deal with it. That ignited something in the employee. So, he sure dealt with it the best way he could. He decided to have the meeting and his lunch. He tried to tell him that it's during his lunch house, but nothing. So now he just enjoys his noisy lunch during the meetings. But, oh, what's this? They seem to be moving the meeting now…   

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    "My boss kept scheduling meetings during my lunch, so I started eating lunch in every meeting"

    I used to take my lunch break at the same time every day - 12 to 1. I don't eat breakfast (just coffee) and so lunch is essential and I can't just skip it.
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    My calendar was blocked, but my boss (newly promoted, power- tripping) started scheduling meetings right in the middle of it.
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    The first couple times, I let it slide. Figured maybe it was urgent. But then it became a pattern. I pushed back and reminded him that it was during my break, and he said, "Well, we all have to make sacrifices sometimes."
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    Cool. Got it. Next meeting, I showed up with a full plate of spaghetti and meatballs. Had my camera on and mic unmuted, slurping and chewing, occasionally gave thumbs. up while mid-bite.
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    Few days later it repeated so I brought sticky wings. Last week on Thursday it happened again, glad I still had my pizza. He finally asked: "Do you have to eat during the meeting?"
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    I smiled and said, "We all have to make sacrifices sometimes." It's Friday today. We didn't have any meetings during my lunch hours this week.
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    Knitsanity A job decades ago had flexi time. People had to be on site and available for clients and core meetings between 10 and 2 and the rest of the time it was assumed people might be working flexibly.
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    I used to come in super early to beat the rush hour (and get access to lab equipment I needed without a fuss) and left early to beat the rush hour again. A lab mate of mine would come in for 10 and be there into the early evening. We used a lot of the same equipment so this worked really well.
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    Ankit1000 First time i'm seeing revenge in the form of Mukbang 76576756567 Who knew lunch could be such powerful resistance?
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    ThereHasToBeMore 1387 I have called out absolutely every project manager I've worked with over the last few years that tried to schedule lunch meetings. "It's the only time everyone had available." "Why do you think that is, Susan?" I have my lunches marked blocked out on my calendar. I decline anything that interferes at this point. never gotten in trouble or even talked to about it.
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    TildaTinker I had a new manager try that and I kept declining the meeting invites. When he asked why, I responded "It's lunch time. That's when I have lunch, at lunch time."
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    DelightfulWitches Nice crunchy apples are good, too codeedog Maybe enjoy a nice bowl of ramen before or after the Apple. Slurpy, slurpy. Graybeard13 Or kettle chips
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