The Evolution of the Office Lunch: From Luxury to Chore

The office lunch was once a luxury. Now it’s just a pain | Dave Schilling

A Mad Men-style steakhouse break would be welcome. But I’ve had it with the Lunch Industrial Complex It’s 12.30pm as I write this. My mind is preoccupied with moving my fingers from key to key on my ageing laptop, a task I paused briefly to remove a hair from the screen. Then, I scratched my leg again, which kicked up another hair. I should get back to work, but I can’t concentrate. Why? Because I’m incredibly hungry. It is, after all, lunchtime – the most worthless part of any work day. It i...

By Dave Schilling