What does a happy meal mean to you?
The thought of some fast food
outlet and some cute little toys come up on mind? May be.
Have you ever thought of school
days? Did the meals make you happy? We all used to wait for that lunch break!
No matter what the food was. Those colourful Tiffin boxes, those impatient
wait for lunch break bell and sometimes peeping into the box to find out what’s
inside it. And then all friends sitting together and sharing the food. Most of
the time, “Your mom makes such good food everyday” – yes the grass used to be
greener the other side.
Sharing has always been fun.
I fail to understand why it changes
over the period of time?
How does the working professional
eat? Their executive lunch?
Alone? Sitting quietly? In some
corner. May be eyes on laptop or phone. We behave we have doing some favour to
someone by eating the lunch. Grabbing it quickly. Quicker and quieter the lunch
is, the more efficient the executive is, indeed!
Different offices has different
culture. I quite love the culture where people take their time out for lunch.
May be half hour or so. They sit together. No matter what they bring, they
share.
Food is the best way to bring
people together, bring their inner most corners out! Doesn't matter department
or hierarchy, it’s always fun to eat together and share.
Why I think eating together is
fun (at work place):
·
We get a break from work!
·
We get to interact with people with whom we
probably don’t interact for work
·
We get to eat variety and who doesn't love that?
·
We open up – we end up talking about out likes,
dislikes, hobbies etc.
·
Eating together, sharing food and laughing
together indeed bring people close erasing the line between hierarchy or
departmental difference
There might be, I am sure there are many more reason
why we should sharing our lunch break rather than eating alone, quietly in one
corner, concentrating on the screen. The organization won’t really collapse for
this 30 minutes happy meal break.
