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If 30 minutes earlier was a critical factor in avoiding rush hour then I would have taken it. But whether I leave at 3:30pm or 4pm (I start at 7am) it makes no difference. I will still spend 1 hour and 15 minutes in traffic getting home. I do not like rushing eating, and I am a slow eater because I like to also be reading when I eat. Either browsing the 'net or a book. Considering the current stresses of my job, I want that break - not I turned around and it was back to working again.
Everyone is different, but I've just never handled eating quickly (for me) well.
So getting out for the walk helps with distressing from work.
Fortunately I only go in once a week these days. I’ve done my time of 5 days a week in the office. I’d not go back to that for a £10k raise.
Unfortunately, I no longer have a choice. I've been working from home since COVID, but the new boss (since the last two years) is 'streamlining' things. And the work I was originally hired to do has been decreasing.
So, I guess they asked someone else to handle what I do while giving me a different type of work and that person refused. Since what that person does requires, according to them, being in the office I was given a choice. It wasn't spelled out, but basically I could either accept coming back in to work each day or find another job.
They are giving me a raise, which helps. But there are other factors involved that do not easily allow for me to just quit. I dearly wish I could have just stayed at home, but that's not to be.
I do agree that walking helps. And I am not shooting down any of your suggestions. It's just not something I really want to do, even though I should.
Well I had to ‘negotiate’ working at home 1 day a week. My boss wants everyone else in 3 days at least.
I don’t do this but I regularly see a person who walks around a park near me with his laptop in a chest harness like this one:
https://www.amazon.com/Laptop-Harness-Portable-Wareable-Adjustable/dp/B0CPSTTG6T
This park is adjacent to several office buildings so I also see a lot of people having walking meetings (without laptops, ha).
https://www.amazon.com/Laptop-Harness-Portable-Wareable-Adjustable/dp/B0CPSTTG6T
This park is adjacent to several office buildings so I also see a lot of people having walking meetings (without laptops, ha).
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So, I did a test today. Immediately after clocking out for lunch I drove to Walmart to pick up a few items and then to grab something from McDonalds (there at the Walmart). My intent was, that if I got back to the car in time, I would walk around that shopping center, return to work and then eat my lunch. Eating my lunch would be while I worked as there really is not enough time.
Didn't happen. After getting stuck behind someone who was having someone else order their food through their cellphone with an invalid coupon code and all the problems that came with that, I ran out of time. I left and went back to work with just enough time to clock back in.
So my choice is to either bring lunch and walk or just to directly go get lunch and bring it back (no walking).
So, I did a test today. Immediately after clocking out for lunch I drove to Walmart to pick up a few items and then to grab something from McDonalds (there at the Walmart). My intent was, that if I got back to the car in time, I would walk around that shopping center, return to work and then eat my lunch. Eating my lunch would be while I worked as there really is not enough time.
Didn't happen. After getting stuck behind someone who was having someone else order their food through their cellphone with an invalid coupon code and all the problems that came with that, I ran out of time. I left and went back to work with just enough time to clock back in.
So my choice is to either bring lunch and walk or just to directly go get lunch and bring it back (no walking).
can you pack a lunch? healthier than mcdonald’s and less time since you don’t have to drive to it.
So I always walk first then eat my lunch. If I’m at the office I always follow the same route which takes around 35 minutes. That leaves me 25 minutes to eat my packed lunch.
If I went to places like McDonalds for lunch I’d put 2-3 lb on a week at least.
I only eat places like that a handful of times a year and then only because I’m travelling and the options are limited.
If I went to places like McDonalds for lunch I’d put 2-3 lb on a week at least.
I only eat places like that a handful of times a year and then only because I’m travelling and the options are limited.
For a number of personal reasons (not all of them anywhere near noble) I prefer to buy my lunch and have sufficient (for me) time to eat it. Walking, although beneficial to me, is not my priority (although it should be) - yet.
I know the solution, I just have no desire to execute on it. Until that changes, that's where I am.
I know the solution, I just have no desire to execute on it. Until that changes, that's where I am.