http://gigaom.com/2013/03/08/does-eating-lunch-at-your-desk-make-you-sad-big-data-might-fix-that/ Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:42:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://gigaom.com/2013/03/08/does-eating-lunch-at-your-desk-make-you-sad-big-data-might-fix-that/#comment-1318701 Sat, 09 Mar 2013 12:24:46 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=618647#comment-1318701 Great… I agree with the comment above.. I like and more happy if I can lunch alone without disturbing..

]]> http://gigaom.com/2013/03/08/does-eating-lunch-at-your-desk-make-you-sad-big-data-might-fix-that/#comment-1318643 Sat, 09 Mar 2013 00:09:35 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=618647#comment-1318643 I’ll tell you what makes me sad. Having an employer who enforces a mandatory “away from desk” policy during all breaks including lunch. It makes me sad to have to hike 1/4 mile to the windowless break room at the other end of the building, to stand in line to get to the refrigerator and retrieve my lunch, then stand in line to use the microwave. It makes me sad to try and find a seat someplace in that grey and teal break room. It makes me sad to have 10 minutes to scarf down my sad little lunch, surrounded by people I either don’t know, or don’t like. It makes me sad to be approached by a supervisor who wants to dominate my time by questioning me or updating me on something DURING MY FRIGGIN BREAK. It makes me sad to have to carry a tracker so my overlords can follow my every move including measuring how long it takes me to go pee. It makes me sad to be used as an experiment by my employer, who is only looking for ways to justify doing what they wanted to do all along. It makes me sad to be described as “happier” being herded around, and tracked, and mischaracterized by their internal reports. Please, just let me eat at my desk in peace without intruding on me for once.

]]>