Do you have lunch

I don't live in the UK, I'm currently living in the US but I can say that I do work a 6 hour day. I have a 30 minute break. It is not long enough because by the time I get to my car in the parking lot, 10 minutes have gone by. I work at a school and do not like to go to the lounge to take a break because I like to be by myself. If I want to go out and get some food, then forget it, I am taking time away from work, or I have to eat my lunch while working.

Some skip breakfast so by lunch they are needing that energy boost from lunch. I think that everyone should have a lunch or just a break so they won't be so exhausted all the time and as you said stressed and ill. If they aren't going to eat a meal then at least a protein bar. Yes when I worked I did take breaks they were only 30 minutes though and My feet loved though whole thirty minutes since my job had been a job I had to stay on my feet for 10-12 hours. Lord I couldn't even try to do that now I wouldn't last an hour now. If I am at home and doing something and I haven't eaten and I get hungry, I will either wait until I am finished if I don't have long left or I will take a break if I have a long way till done.

I am self employed, so some days, I don't take a lunch break - I go from client to client all day long.

this is really ridiculous with some food intake(energy),how can one be expected to perform.i had a lunch break of 45 minutes,i was supposed to give in extra time,the time i took for my lunch break.i found it fair enough.

I'm against lunch breaks for the employees.If all employees go for lunch at a time at least one working hour is lost every day.Employees or workers can go for lunch one after another or group by group.In our office we have no lunch break.We take lunch at our working tables.But in our country most of the offices have lunch break.

At my job we kinda eat on the go. I answer phones and its hard to go and eat an entire meal with out phone ringing. So we eat between calls and watch tv as well. Did I say I love my job? Well I do.

12.30is time for Loose Women and lunch. All of the females in my family have suffered from adult onset diabetes and I know neither of my sisters ate breakfast or lunch so in the hope of putting off what seems inevitable I have breakfast lunch and dinner.

I don't have a paid job, but I prepare lunch each day and sit down with my other half, who comes home most days, and any of our guests if we have them. Because we had a guy working for us who took an hour daily, we got into the habit of taking the same. Now that the weather is colder, they appreciate coming home and warming up. I do appreciate having everyone home for an hour if I'm otherwise alone with little one. When we have a houseful, just cooking their meals and organizing everyone can be a pretty much full time job, so sitting down for a break each day is important.

Do I have lunch? Does a bear mess in the woods? Having said that, I basically graze all day. We're not really 'lunch' people, unless we go for fish'n'chips at the beach - so if we're at home we'll just grab something if we're hungry. Our 'proper' meal is in the evening. Well, proper meal might be a bit of an oxymoron if I'm cooking it ... but you get the general gist.

Here in my country we have lunch breaks, sometimes it is more than an hour depending on the work load of the day and the office that you work for. But the usual lunch break is an hour. We also have snacks, one in the morning and another after lunch at about the middle of the afternoon. So, add it all up we almost eat 5 times a day, though you are working or not. But it depends on the person to take those snacks but mostly do take their snacks and lunch. I think, workers will be less productive if they do not eat in the middle of the day.

I work at home, but I do try to take a lunch break. I may not eat anything but a banana or a small salad, but I do put something in my stomach about midday.

I'm a stay at home mom but I do try to take a break during the day for lunch. Sometimes I get busy and forget to eat but it usually catches up with me later in the day.

Hey, I really feel for those people you know. Most of the days since it is holidays for me over here, I don't have any lunch. And I know that this truly does cause stress and sickness. When your body doesn't have any food for a certain period of time, your energy levels naturally drop since the food that you should have eaten didn't replace the energy which can actually cause alot of stress in the workplace. But honestly, even though I don't take a lunch break wherever I am, I still take a break when there is a lunch break. I mean, everyone needs a break. Life can't be all work and no play can it? No way. A study was done and they said that after about 30 minutes your brain tends to lose concentration so you need a 5 minute break. Just imagine how it is if you can't have a lunch break then?

Usually, we will have lunch break for one hour, usually from 1pm to 2pm, but it varies a bit depending on different company. If I don't have to work, I don't need a break then. I think it can benefit both the employer and employee, if employees are given a break every day. People can rally up their energy and clear up their mind if they can have some rest in between work hours. This can increase their total work performance and bring more profit to their company. Can you advise the usual working hours of UK employees? I am interested to know.

when I worked full time, i took lunch, well, I had to, and I took an hour so I could go to my car and sleep.

Hi p1key...as you know I don't work apart from the general duties of a house manager!! even so food to me is and never has been something that I have really thought about much of during the day, so tend to have a little something at night...as for my son who is a care nurse he works 8-12hr shifts he gets a break but not really long enough to have a stable dinner so normally has one when he comes home, that's if he feels like it....hugs LoLo

I always take a lunch break even if it's only 15 minutes. I need the time to get away and recharge. I HATE lunchtime meetings for that reason. bleah...

hi p1key, When I was working, I used to have an hour lunch but now that I am not working, I don't bother and only have something to eat when I am hungry, otherwise I just carry on with whatever I am doing. Hugs. Tamara

Statistics show that Americans worked for more hours than workers in any other country with less vacation time and fewer breaks. We have literally become a work obsessed country. I personally don't have much of a lunch break. I do have one now but for a while I didn't have any. I am completely grateful that that small amount of time that I have a day for lunch.

In our state, Hawaii, we have pretty much a standard lunch break which is a half an hour. However, that is pretty common for shift work like if you work at a hotel or restaurant. If you work on salary there are many times there is no definitive lunch break and people eat just when they can.