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FAO: Lira. A comprehensive guide on foreigners visiting the US (pg. 5)
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| JEO |
| 45 minutes here and we get a weekly shipment of fruit into the office. You can eat them whenever you want to :p |
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| ziptnf |
| Well at least we have two coolers stocked up with all kinds of free Coca-Cola products :cool: |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On
That's what the Breakfast Industrial Complex would have us believe. Sooooo many people skip breakfast entirely though, myself often included. |
What do you have for lunch in such a short period of time then? Can you even go home and make your own food?
45 minutes is slightly better but I'm still astonished by all this. I wouldn't complain the standard was from 9-7 here just so we could wake up as late as you guys, but no way I'd ever accept having less than 2 hours for lunch. Food is sacred!
| quote: | Originally posted by ziptnf
Well at least we have two coolers stocked up with all kinds of free Coca-Cola products :cool: |
On second thought, free Coca-Cola products are sacred as well :D
Have you ever had Guaraná Jesus? It's one of our local Coca-Cola company products:
THIS STUFF IS SO GOOD!!! (and incredibly sweet... and pink) |
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| Halcyon+On+On |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
What do you have for lunch in such a short period of time then? Can you even go home and make your own food? |
Well it depends... some days, I can niggle my way home to work from there in the afternoon, and just eat at home. Or leave work an hour early instead of taking a lunch break. Or I can bring lunch to work (cough!shutupyou). Or often I can get something fast from nearby... it's not too expensive or unhealthy if you aren't a total dumbass, but this is usually a last resort. |
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| Lira |
Oh, it's not as bad as I first thought then :)
For some reason I thought that's why there are so many more fast-food chains in the US :p |
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| wotyzoid |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
For some reason I thought that's why there are so many more fast-food chains in the US :p |
Probably true, actually. |
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| ziptnf |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
On second thought, free Coca-Cola products are sacred as well :D
Have you ever had Guaraná Jesus? It's one of our local Coca-Cola company products:
THIS STUFF IS SO GOOD!!! (and incredibly sweet... and pink) |
No, but I tried an Italian Coca-Cola beverage called Beverly once. Tasted like a Gin and Tonic without the Gin. Yuck! |
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| Lira |
A-ha! So I wasn't that far off then, Woty :p
| quote: | Originally posted by ziptnf
No, but I tried an Italian Coca-Cola beverage called Beverly once. Tasted like a Gin and Tonic without the Gin. Yuck! |
If you ever get the chance, try either Guaraná Kuat (actual Guaraná) or Guaraná Jesus (Gayrana). I promise you won't regret it :)
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Well, you might regret trying the Jesus one because it's way sweeter than most other drinks, but do it anyway :D |
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| ziptnf |
| I need the Jesus inside of me. |
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| Banora |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
with a 2-hour long lunch break. |
Jesus . I don't even get a lunch break, even when I work a 12 hour shift (granted I do -all at the store, but still).
I'm pretty sure for every 8-hours you work you are legally allowed a 30-minute lunch, but most offices allow an hour. Really, though, unless you live close by there isn't enough time to go home so you run to the nearest fast food/deli/quick lunch spot, but it is pretty busy. When I work at Jimmy Johns in the summer I see people in line for over a half an hour. Pretty lame. |
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| Acton |
| quote: | Originally posted by Banora
I don't even get a lunch break, even when I work a 12 hour shift |
LOL :stongue:
Sometimes I book a conference room for 3 hours and turn my phone off, just so I can have a nap. |
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| ziptnf |
| TIL Banora works in a sweat shop :p |
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