I'm in a law firm with about 800 in this office.  We have maybe 200-300 people showing up on site each day.

We have a dining room, but it's basically a cafeteria.  In the before times is was busy and open 5 days a week.  Lots of options.  Now it is closed on Mondays and Fridays, and the vendor that ran it has been terminated.  Instead we have restaurants that come in on specific days and offer their food.  It's kind of like a catering service coming in with chafing dishes.  We have the food subsidized, so lunch is $7 instead of the $20 or so it would be.

I stay home, but I answered on behalf of Mr. Clod--who ALSO works from home, now, but his company (tech) does provide a full cafeteria free-of-charge, which he utilizes when he occasionally goes in for a presentation or whatever. There was a while when big name tech companies had to out-compete each other on perks, and back then they had yoga classes, free coffee/smoothie bar, etc., but they've scaled back significantly since the pandemic.

Interesting. Two cafeterias, one legal one tech.

 Working in a die cast factory huh?  Interesting.  I knew you did tree work.  I guess the factory was before then?

I always think of hot wheels and match box cars when I hear "die cast."  They must've had that printed on the packaging back then.  What sort of stuff did you guys make?

Last edited by glatt (10/27/2023 9:55 am)

I've worked from home for years, but now I go out on interpreting assignments a couple of days a week or so. I try always to take a packed lunch and it's almost always the same thing: a (cruncheh!) peanut butter and cheese sandwich, a few tiny tomatoes, a box of dried fruit and nuts and a bottle of water. Sounds dull but I like it, I don't have to think/make decisions and it's quick to put together. Now that winter is here I've bought a chubby flask and may sometimes take some homemade soup. I did the buy-a-sandwich thing for many years when I worked in an office in London, and I really don't relish (see what I did there?!) returning to it.

I could resent that but since I'm allergic congrats man!

yes and no (Education)  All the dorms have dining halls we could go to, and the closest one is kitty-corner to our building but....

Then there's the "24/7" market in the foyer which has "fresh" and frozen stuff and a microwave, Starbucks coffee machine, snack stand and self-checkout.  Lots of people do that . weirdos. others order delivery or walk to Jimmy Johns, but most people pack.  For some that's just a can of soup or stouffers/highbrow equivalent shit frozen meal reanimated in the "kitchenette"

I cook food for a large family, occasionally, and freeze in individual portions then microwave in aforementioned kitchenette that's a few yard from my cube.  Today was beef strogonoffish with peas

Sammiches.  I made one of those this morning and brought it in.  Saved myself $7.