This! This! A thousand times this!
I live in California, which means the weather is pretty good all the time, and the parking lots are tiny, and still people can’t be bothered to walk 8 steps to put a cart in the corral.
Who the hell goes to a sit down restaurant on their lunch break?
Well, making quite the progress on that Not Being Judgemental, aren’t we?
How is it even possible when most people only have 60 mins for lunch?
Depends on the restaurant. There’s a sit-down Italian place next to my work. I have coworkers who go in there for their 30-minute lunch all the time. Many of them phone in their order during their break so their food will be ready when they arrive.
Back in the Dark Ages when I had an hour lunch we sometimes did a sit-down restaurant. In one case it was a diner-type place where most of its lunch business came from my then-employer; ergo, they knew they had to move given our time allotment.
But yeah, fancy sit-down business-lunch type thing? No, that wouldn’t be an hour lunch.
… wonder if that’s why I like the Youngsters so much better than several of my same-age coworkers do…
Even with special occasion outfits and with coats, I don’t think I have anywhere near that many clothes. Perhaps it’s because I don’t do “outfits”, my style is more of an “if the colors don’t clash it’s ok” lack of style.
Are you really that naive or sheltered or just that big of an idiot?
I’m thinking idiot.
I think I’ve been pretty nice and patient with you cg16 but it’s pretty obvious that some people do in fact go out for lunch. You don’t need to ask me like a dick you could just congratulate me on my mad lunching skills.
If you do get a full hour,and there are plenty of restaurants within a five to 10 minute drive, and the servers are understanding, and the kitchen works fast it’s really not a challenge. It seems most places that are close to businesses and expect a lunch rush are equipped to handle getting people in and out quickly. That’s how they make money. Haven’t you ever seen a chain restaurant with a 10-minute guarantee lunch menu?
Most days I don’t go to restaurants for lunch. Most days I go to the park and if I don’t walk around I sit in the car in the parking lot with the windows open and enjoy a book or reading the dope. Inevitably once a week somebody will decide they just have to have the open parking space next to mine, out of all the spaces in this lot. They pull in and either start a loud phone call or listen to Rush Limbaugh with the windows open. Blah blah blah free country and all that but it’s rude to do that right next to a person who’s clearly enjoying the silence. Peace-hating assholes.
I think that’s the only way it can be possible with the eatery being next to the job. When you factor in travel time to the place, waiting for the food to be served, eating, and traveling back to the job, that is a lot to do in only 60 minutes.
Yes it is, which is why some of us like the person behind the counter, or the waiter, to ask if they can help us IMMEDIATELY, and if they can’t, we politely decline. That was my point in the first place: some people, especially if we have been there many times, know what we want and walk in ready to go and we damn well better be asked.
I also respect that if that counter-person doesn’t greet me with exactly the right script at exactly the right time, he or she may likely be written up for failure to properly do the job, just like the people at department stores are obligated to ask me to get their stupid credit card. It’s their job so they do it. Again, I politely decline.
I think today must be “my brain has melted finally” day. In one errand trip:
Sitting at a stop sign in a parking lot, fourth vehicle back, not really paying attention but then I realize we haven’t moved. I look up and see that it’s completely clear, no reason for not moving, first car in line not using flashers, etc so I honk. Woman in first car jumps a bit and makes a quick left, to park in front of PetSmart illegally and continue to mess with her phone.
Sitting way back in a left turn lane, maybe eight cars? ahead of me. Light turns green, car right in front of me doesn’t move, I wait politely then honk. He stomps his accelerator and makes the light. I don’t. Dunno what he was doing other than paying attention.
Last one as a little random, not irritating - I’m at a fast food place and this guy asks me why I came in the store if I was getting my food to go. Um, my van won’t fit in the drive thru. Oh, that makes sense and he wanders off.
Working in downtown Minneapolis, lunch is easy. Pretty much anything you want within 5 blocks, food trucks in good weather. I take 40 minute lunches (my choice) without difficulty.
I do that because they have 4 cashier stations in the store, and even with parking, walking inside with my cane, getting my food & going back to my car, I’m still out faster than waiting in the line of cars to order, waiting in line to pay, and waiting in line to get my food.
Queuing theory shows that having 3 single-vehicle choke points is going to be slower than having 4 open serving stations (plus paralleling some of the work, since I can fill my own drink while the employees are getting my food).
The weather people on TV making a big deal about 92 degrees in August.:smack:
Isn’t that the norm for August?
At least here where I am the humidity has been at 99% with 90+ temps. It feels like 105-110. I’m not sure where you are, but the hot temps coupled with the horrendous humidity has made it beyond worse than any summer weather I’ve felt in a long time.
I go inside to order food to go because I don’t like having to fiddle with my wallet in my pockets while I’m sitting in the drive thru lane.
But it shouldn’t be a story since it;s August. They can talk about during the weather segment of the news
It’s not a story. It’s a rant. When it’s 90 degrees here which it is today it feels like it’s a hundred and the humidity is oppressive. It’s not good for my hair and it’s not good for my makeup. It’s certainly not fun for people who have to work in it so I’m thankful for air conditioning in my office.
Here it’s all about the dewpoints. While temps have been mostly high 80s, dewpoint has been in the 70s and oh man it’s horrible. I’ve run my air conditioning more this summer than I have in the last three. My seasonal affective disorder is in high gear and getting the gumption just to get ready for work has been a herculean effort since July.