9-5 is a 40 hr workweek. The change is that lunch started being considered personal time.
Slay-er? Chosen One. She who hangs out a lot in cemeteries? You're kidding. Ask around. Look it up: Slayer comma The.
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
brenda m - Nov 12, 2014 9:02:59 am PST #10287 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
-t - Nov 12, 2014 9:09:11 am PST #10288 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
But why start at 9, is my question. Seems like there must be some historical reason.
Dana - Nov 12, 2014 9:22:26 am PST #10289 of 30000
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
Oh, man, it is so cold and it makes me hate everything.
Connie Neil - Nov 12, 2014 9:22:28 am PST #10290 of 30000
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I work 9-6 and I get an hour lunch--except in busy times--so that's my 8-hour day though I'm here for 9 hours. Brown nosers like to work through their lunch in order to get more OT and to impress the bosses with their go-getterness.
msbelle - Nov 12, 2014 9:47:53 am PST #10291 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I work through lunch all the time because I am inertia's bitch.
Not getting paid for lunch is bullshitty bullshit is what.
-t - Nov 12, 2014 9:58:54 am PST #10292 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Two of my co-workers have discovered my stash of leftover Halloween candy. It may go a little faster now.
meara - Nov 12, 2014 10:09:25 am PST #10293 of 30000
I genuinely do not know what people did to look busy all the time before the internet.
No kidding!! I remember playing a lot of free cell, at one point...
-t - Nov 12, 2014 10:15:23 am PST #10294 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I haven't always worked in offices, but when I have I was usually actually busy. There was always filing or something to be done. Or it was understood that reading on the job was okay.
I think if I had a full hour allotted for lunch I would be more likely to take it away from my desk. Half an hour isn't really enough time to go to a restaurant and get served, or run errands or whatever. Half an hour is what we are legally entitled to (10 minutes paid break after 2 hours, half-hour unpaid after 4 hours unless the full day will be less than 6 hours, and another 10 minutes paid break two hours after lunch IIRC. I should make more of an effort to take those 10 minute breaks)
tommyrot - Nov 12, 2014 10:16:34 am PST #10295 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
No kidding!! I remember playing a lot of free cell, at one point...
Yep. Or solitaire.
I got really good at hitting Alt-Tab very quickly back then.
-t - Nov 12, 2014 10:17:31 am PST #10296 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
On another note entirely - pomegranate seeds in spinach salad, does that sound good? Does the presence of blue cheese make a difference to your answer?