tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21353439.post4349474655679945519..comments2023-10-28T06:16:41.152-05:00Comments on Hip Suburban White Guy: Working LunchesXavier Onassishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01345787343828318445noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21353439.post-6031454195971635192008-07-17T20:04:00.000-05:002008-07-17T20:04:00.000-05:00XO,Utah doesn't have any laws requiring breaks or ...XO,<BR/>Utah doesn't have any laws requiring breaks or lunches.Poodleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04722193899918659459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21353439.post-19671999054498707672008-07-17T05:56:00.000-05:002008-07-17T05:56:00.000-05:00You're reading my mind! I have a strict "no lunch ...You're reading my mind! I have a strict "no lunch meetings unless you feed me" rule.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21353439.post-81790785691700785072008-07-17T03:23:00.000-05:002008-07-17T03:23:00.000-05:00I am sure there's a law somewhere in a book that r...I am sure there's a law somewhere in a book that requires them to let us have it. Reality is a different story.<BR/><BR/>I won't even go into what it's like in the hospital because there having enough time to pee is an achievement. In all the years I worked in the hospital I seriously may recall 5 or 6 occasions of actually getting off the floor, sitting somewhere to eat and not working at the same time. If we had a staff meeting, it more or less had to run through a 'meal' time and half the staff wouldn't show up citing an absolute slam of work that didn't let them come. (The standard phrase:'You actually think I have time for THAT shit?')<BR/><BR/>The reality of the situation where I'm at is this: I more-or-less babysit a girl who has serious issues with breathing. It's her and me. The only lunch I could possibly take would be one in which I make her lunch and we eat together (thus nullifying the 'break' part of 'lunch break').<BR/><BR/>Obviously the homecare agency recognizes this as I get paid straight through with no deductions for breaks or lunch times. This doesn't actually 'make up' for not having a break though when you think about it. Hospitals take the half-hour out regardless.<BR/><BR/>Legal, illegal, morally dubious, it's the way it is. And it's not like we're 'saving lives' even in the hospital; it's that there's so much damn work to do that the only way to get something to eat is to eat it while you're charting, mostly because it requires you to be in one place, or did when computers were stationary and not hand-held. <BR/><BR/>But I'd bet you a nickel that in union states, and definitely in California, nurses get lunch.<BR/><BR/>North Carolina has a plantation mentality towards the workforce. Unions, and God Forbid a nurses' union, are illegal, and I've seen people lose their jobs just for talking about it.<BR/><BR/>If I ever work in a NC hospital again I swear I'm going to go down the hall singing 'Go Down Moses'.<BR/><BR/>Did you know that America still had entire states that keep the proles down like this?<BR/><BR/>And you wonder why I'm a Socialist. Or maybe you didn't, but now you know.Satyavati devi dasihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13980257934310271457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21353439.post-19297161232470989122008-07-16T21:39:00.000-05:002008-07-16T21:39:00.000-05:00satyavati - Are you telling me that NC doesn't hav...satyavati - Are you telling me that NC doesn't have any labor laws guaranteeing every employee of any company regular breaks and a mandated lunch period? Maybe not an hour, but at least 30 minutes.Xavier Onassishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01345787343828318445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21353439.post-36373614361368875762008-07-16T20:10:00.000-05:002008-07-16T20:10:00.000-05:00At least you get a lunch hour.At least you get a lunch hour.Satyavati devi dasihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13980257934310271457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21353439.post-79940051210040627382008-07-16T18:49:00.000-05:002008-07-16T18:49:00.000-05:00I take a 15 min lunch. I work 4 tens, staying tha...I take a 15 min lunch. I work 4 tens, staying that extra 45 minutes is like a beating. So, I keep it short, I eat my food and read my book.Poodleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04058132060541145052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21353439.post-2443310734245613672008-07-16T16:30:00.000-05:002008-07-16T16:30:00.000-05:00Good post, you are always at the top of your game ...Good post, you are always at the top of your game when in Full on rant mode. <BR/>Oh, and enjoy Jasons salty meat and the baked Lays.Mark Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11832942533819391503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21353439.post-41588115594847165672008-07-16T13:21:00.000-05:002008-07-16T13:21:00.000-05:00A-freaking-men.A-freaking-men.Well Hell Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07473212793383528406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21353439.post-60148222881029114902008-07-16T00:03:00.000-05:002008-07-16T00:03:00.000-05:00Are you the one on the right or the left?And, I ta...Are you the one on the right or the left?<BR/><BR/>And, I take lunch at the end of the shift and either surf the net or walk on the parcourse here at the happy homestead. And I charge them OT to boot! No good union man doesn't take lunch.Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14955078574626461009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21353439.post-59092415416441244682008-07-15T23:09:00.000-05:002008-07-15T23:09:00.000-05:00I couldn't agree more. There have been times when,...I couldn't agree more. <BR/>There have been times when, said "apologetic brown-bag mandatory meeting" is over, I have "run errands" (usually going to CVS to look at makeup and marvel at the selection of vitamins, but still), because dammit, that hour is MINE!PlazaJenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01800573102983037434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21353439.post-56320424916371234972008-07-15T21:37:00.000-05:002008-07-15T21:37:00.000-05:00I am *so* with you on this, and the first thing I'...I am *so* with you on this, and the first thing I'm going to do tomorrow is schedule a recurring lunch appointment every day so some shmuck doesn't do the same to me.JustCarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09414251027098856708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21353439.post-16820086092322919902008-07-15T21:29:00.000-05:002008-07-15T21:29:00.000-05:00Well said. A modern hero for the working classes.Well said. A modern hero for the working classes.Bud Simpsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04613675297997395991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21353439.post-47588447528357151022008-07-15T20:47:00.000-05:002008-07-15T20:47:00.000-05:00so did you decline or accepted and now bitching he...so did you decline or accepted and now bitching here?kcmeeshahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16640259113083899984noreply@blogger.com