Apple Break
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- mg33
So one of my coworkers have been taking a regular afternoon break in our lounge to eat apples. Just get away from work for a bit, relax the eyes, have something healthy.
So why is it that we get looked at oddly by some people for "not working" (I guess) when there are people that smoke, and go outside to smoke probably 8 - 10 times a day? Kind of funny, isn't it - we're doing something healthy that actually improves our health on the job!
- calcium0
I really like that idea. And tell those people to go fuck themselves.
- epikore0
I was thinking the same thing a few years ago.
- lvl_130
get back to work you fucking worthless apple eaters!
;D
- Ruffian0
God damned hippies.
- BaskerviIle0
keep it up, I always resent smokers for getting so many breaks in the day. Now we have a ping pong table so I get pink pong breaks :)
- Knuckleberry0
We get fresh organic fruit delivered to the office once a week. Each employee gets 1 piece every day. Its great.
- baseline_shift0
Apple break, huh?
- epikore0
I have strawberry stains today, I was trying to make a strawberry banana shake.
- Nairn0
Pssst.. everyone - when did mg33 turn gay?
- MSTRPLN0
I don't smoke, but I usually get up 8 - 10 times a day to pass gas.
- chossy0
When I worked in a pizza hut whilst at uni. I smoked and would say on a four hour shift have about three cigarettes, I would be in charge if the kitchen manager was not on duty as I was the kitchen trainer (next rank down from them he he), so whoever was on the shift with me I would say just let me know when you want a 15 minute break or three 5 mins breaks, as I thought it only fair because I was able to go for a fag.
- mg330
We have a ping pong table too.
FYI also - OSHA safety standards call for something like 10-15 minutes of rest for your eyes from a computer screen about ever 2-3 hours. I've been a follower of that for a long time now. I think LCD monitors are much easier on the eyes that CRT's which is when that recommendation was created.
- lucky! i love playing ping pong at work...relieves the stress very welltwokids
- locustsloth0
A nice crisp apple also helps me wake up after staring at a screen for too long
- epikore0
I just step outside for breaks, and no none says anything here. Sometimes I even take 2 hour lunches and no one says anything.
- ********0
What about Oprah breaks?
- ********0
I don't think eating an apple at work constitutes improving your health on a job.
- apples reduce cholesterol
=no heart attack at work
= better emloyeealicetheblue - might even be a client billable activity! :Dmg33
- yup!alicetheblue
- apples reduce cholesterol
- fooler20
I've thought the same thing about going to the bar for 15 minutes every hour to do a shot.
- Meeklo0
- now everyone is happy, because you can do it togetherMeeklo
- i like where your head is at, meeklo.baseline_shift
- mikotondria30
But by eating an apple instead of buying cigarettes everyday, you're not paying as much tax, and are therefore more of a burden on society than the poor smokers, who have to subsidize the rest of the population AND put themselves at increased risk of a whole host of fatal, excruciating diseases, smelling badly, being unable to stay inside one fucking building or airplane for more than a couple of hours straight without getting antsy and complaining etc etc etc.
Just think of that the next time you and your friends loiter around scoffing apples like you're a fucking pony or something. At least buy cigarettes and let them burn out in the ashtray or something, jeez.
- monospaced0
Nobody says anything to the girls who take off for the gym for an hour-and-a-half each day, followed by an hour-long lunch. But they still give you shit if you leave a little early because you don't have a ton of work left in the day. Fucking hypocrites.
- Bitches be playin' you, naamsayn ?mikotondria3
- Don't be that guy who leaves on time! You're the company traitor!MSTRPLN