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How many of you guys skip lunch?
I usually buy a hotdog at Quick Trip for breakfast and eat lunch when I finish working. That is if I eat lunch. I will bring a lunch a lot of times if I know I am on an all day job. I always bring enough for my help to eat too. Sometimes we will go out to lunch if we are traveling between jobs but we usually eat lunch on the job if we eat.
Also has a lot to do with what time of year it is too.
In the Winter we will often take a lunch break, go somewhere where it is warm and eat a nice hot lunch to warm up.
It can get 110+ degrees here in the Summertime and I have worked a week straight in 103-106 temps. When it's that hot I will pack my cooler I have for the crew with cold cuts and gatoraid, maybe a little melon or fruit. Usually the cold cuts go untouched. We will take a break in the airconditioned truck for about a half hour at lunch time but I find that that if I break for lunch, go to a nice airconditioned restaurant and eat a big lunch I'm through for the day. Like I said, I normally bring a cooler for the crew with cold cuts and gatoraid (although I hardly ever touch the food) but swap out the food and gatoraid for cold beer for me and the crew when the day is done!
Of course we used to take a lunch at the gentleman's club when I worked back in Atlanta sometimes. When we had a light day we would finish our job by lunchtime, go to the club where they had a $1 buffet, little customers in the noon hour, eat lunch and drink a beer surrounded by beautiful women... But that was a lifetime ago it seems...
I usually buy a hotdog at Quick Trip for breakfast and eat lunch when I finish working. That is if I eat lunch. I will bring a lunch a lot of times if I know I am on an all day job. I always bring enough for my help to eat too. Sometimes we will go out to lunch if we are traveling between jobs but we usually eat lunch on the job if we eat.
Also has a lot to do with what time of year it is too.
In the Winter we will often take a lunch break, go somewhere where it is warm and eat a nice hot lunch to warm up.
It can get 110+ degrees here in the Summertime and I have worked a week straight in 103-106 temps. When it's that hot I will pack my cooler I have for the crew with cold cuts and gatoraid, maybe a little melon or fruit. Usually the cold cuts go untouched. We will take a break in the airconditioned truck for about a half hour at lunch time but I find that that if I break for lunch, go to a nice airconditioned restaurant and eat a big lunch I'm through for the day. Like I said, I normally bring a cooler for the crew with cold cuts and gatoraid (although I hardly ever touch the food) but swap out the food and gatoraid for cold beer for me and the crew when the day is done!
Of course we used to take a lunch at the gentleman's club when I worked back in Atlanta sometimes. When we had a light day we would finish our job by lunchtime, go to the club where they had a $1 buffet, little customers in the noon hour, eat lunch and drink a beer surrounded by beautiful women... But that was a lifetime ago it seems...
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