“Al fresco vs al desko,” quipped The Independent in a story contrasting French and British lunch habits, respectively: a revivifying one- to two-hour meal versus a sad existence of scarfing food while hunched over a keyboard.
As Americans, we know where we tend to sit on that spectrum: firmly in the Anglo corner. Dedicated to efficiency and industry, we deny ourselves vacations, many evenings, the occasional weekend, and—on a daily basis—a proper lunch hour.
This is foolish all around—not just for employees, who have an obvious vested interest in spending less time working and more time eating, but for employers as well, who generally benefit when their employees aren’t beaten to a pulp physically and emotionally by the unrelenting rigors of their jobs.
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