• D61 [any]
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    2 years ago

    Depends on the workplace and how you want to think about it.

    Worked at a place once where you'd get two 15 minute breaks and a 30 minute lunch in any department that you worked in.

    BUT

    If you worked at the cash registers, all your breaks where scheduled and kinda rigidly enforced. So it was normal to start your work shift at around the same time that it would be a normal human's lunch time (noon-ish). But your first break would be the 15 minute one with your scheduled 30 minute break somewhere around 4~5PM during the "afterwork" rush so getting started on that 30 minute break on time was a rarity.

    Then there's the 30 minute lunch break. It's 30 minutes long but you've gotta get to the break room, use the bathroom, wash your hands, wait in line to get into the staff fridge, wait in line to use the microwave, sit down and eat, clean up after yourself, put your stuff away, go to the bathroom (maybe), etc. So that 30 minutes of time to "eat" winds up being around 10~15 minutes of actually focusing on eating.