• SomeAmateur@sh.itjust.works
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    1 month ago

    Both/either. Sometimes I meal plan but usually if a recent meal had enough leftovers I’ll do that. Also we can walk to get food or drive about 10-15 min

  • PunnyName@lemmy.world
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    My employer makes food and provides snacks for the clients. Often there are leftovers, or enough to feed staff as well. We have fridges for storing that, and cold snacks. As well as separate countertop snack areas. Ideally it’s all for the clients, but we’re permitted to snack while working.

    • Geekocracy@lemmy.world
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      I work in a corporate environment that often has lunch catered for vips. I often wondered if you could actually survive by mooching off the leftovers

    • Admiral Patrick@dubvee.orgM
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      I did that for years but here lately I’m hangry beyond redemption by 11:30 and pretty much have to have lunch now.

    • bobs_monkey@lemm.ee
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      Same here. I work 10-12 hour days, and it’s the only way to actually sit down for a bit in the middle of the day and take a break because if I bring a lunch, I’ll eat while I work.

  • THCDenton@lemmy.world
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    I don’t like to eat at work. If i do eat its usually a little junk food. Haribo gummis are a fave

  • thagoat@lemmy.sdf.org
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    I pack whatever is left from the previous night’s dinner. I rarely order out for lunch, and save that for at home, then take the leftovers in to work the next day.

    I also keep peanut butter and marshmallow fluff in my desk drawer in case there’s no leftovers. Like when the 17 year old decides to raid the fridge after we’ve gone to bed.

  • FancyPantsFIRE@lemm.ee
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    1 month ago

    My current job provides breakfast and lunch as a weird perk, but before this job I definitely packed my own lunches.

  • Tikiporch@lemmy.world
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    I prepare at home for lunch: yogurt, fresh berries, trail mix, espresso and a peanut butter cup. Every day.

  • teawrecks@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    too broke to eat out that often. its ~$10->$18 for lunch here. west coast. i cook dinners for 4-6 so my partner and i can take lunch.

  • Jessica@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    Neither. I try not to eat while I’m at work. They sell all the junk food at work, so it can be difficult to not give in to temptation. I might indulge in a couple of uncrustables each night, but that’s fine with me.

  • ultranaut@lemmy.world
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    In the before times I would bring or buy things to snack on but never really ate an actual meal for lunch. Now I work remotely and often have a real lunch but I still usually take as little time as possible and work while I eat. There’s been a handful of times that I’ve brought my laptop to a restaurant and worked from there. I don’t usually like having a real lunch break when I’m in work mode, I find it distracting and anxiety inducing.