French champions of the lunch break

The US/UK habit of working through lunch leads to tiredness (digestion is the hardest work your body does) and inefficiency during the afternoon.

Obsessiveness with productivity is the demon in the economy of those countries that practise this.

I was employed in the UK through the period of change and found senior management in my organization becoming more and more obsessed with so called "efficiency" and using the length of a lunch-break as an indicator.

In France you get a chance to go away from your work station to relax and recover, even go home and come back with the batteries re-charged.

Minimal lunch breaks are a symptom of a greedy firm and a greedy economy that doesn't care for its workers.
Richard Davis

First of all, it is illegal to eat at your desk. Food cannot be brought into your work area. The law requires you to go out and buy food.

Heaven forbid if you tried to spend less during lunch by packing your own lunch.
Elizabeth Burke
Courbevoie, France