r/antiwork • u/[deleted] • 2d ago
Worklife Balance 🧑💻⚖️🛌 Taking an hour and 45 minute lunch because…well…I can.
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u/Throwaway--2255 1d ago
I feel like my whole job is a lunch break.
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u/astral_reality 1d ago
Mind me asking where you work? Or the role 🤣
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u/Throwaway--2255 1d ago
Unarmed security.
Aside getting up and doing some patrols every hour or so. I sit there most of the time.
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u/astral_reality 15h ago
I need this job 🤣 can women do it
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u/Throwaway--2255 10h ago
Yes, there are plenty of women security guards. Security will pretty much hire anyone these days.
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u/Sharpshooter188 2d ago
Proud of ya, man. I did something similar at a job back in 2008. Black Friday. Store was in chaos with the amount of people coming and going. I was in the break room for almost 3 hrs before I finally got bored and went back to work.
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u/Redditor1667 1d ago
Next r/antiwork post from OP be like: Fired from my job for taking an hour and 45 minute lunch while my coworkers were OOO
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u/Redditor1667 1d ago
It shouldn’t. Hell if I were you I’d take 2 hour breaks even with them in the office. That or take a ton of “smoke breaks”….
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u/Lavender_Burps 1d ago
Several of my coworkers show up 30-90 minutes after their scheduled shift every single shift. Yesterday I was running late for the first time in so long that I can’t remember the last time I was late. 14 minutes after my shift, my manager called me asking where I was at. Sunday is my last day. Still haven’t told them I’m leaving.
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u/hmrw5807 1d ago
pleaseeeee wait until sunday to tell them and then come back and give us their reactions bc FUCK THEM
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u/theoldme3 1d ago
I worked with a girl who would literally storm into other peoples offices if the phone was ringing and have attitude cause we were not answering. If we didnt answer it was bc we were on the phone already, so instead of her answering the phone herself she would tell us we need to put the calls on hold. We would just laugh at her and then roll our eyes when she told people she worked 80 hours a week….she never once worked over 50hours
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u/Fabulous-Barbie-6153 1d ago
Be careful, I’m in a similar situation at my job which is a small business as well, and there are days where i’m all alone. We have cameras in the office which I assumed were just for security purposes. Turns out I was wrong, I found out my boss actively watches the cameras and keeps tabs on me. I wasn’t doing anything outrageously wrong, but obviously I took things way easier and spent a little more time on my phone and slightly longer breaks. Im currently in the process of looking for something new because I hate feeling like i’m on the Truman show every day. So just be careful if there’s cameras around because you never know who could be watching :(
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u/Fabulous-Barbie-6153 1d ago
Yeah i’m not 100% sure on what the laws are. I’m in the U.S. and I thought what my boss would be doing is illegal, but apparently not. I think if the cameras are visible then they aren’t required to disclose it to you. Again, while I could see the cameras and they weren’t hidden, I was still under the impression they were for security. Of course I later became aware he was using them for other intentions, but I’m not sure if this actually crosses a legal boundary. I was never informed of the cameras before starting and they weren’t mentioned in the handbook either. As much as I’d love to claim what he’s doing is illegal, I dont think I can since the laws around it are kinda tricky.
However, hidden cameras are definitely a different story.. if you are being secretly watched, I would assume that is completely illegal.
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u/AusXan 1d ago
My two coworkers will turn our sign around to “open” when we get here at 8:30AM, even though we don’t actually open until 9AM and I HATE that!
Used to work retail and for years we had a hard opening time of 9:00 am. We'd be there from 8:30 or earlier some days prepping but no customers before 9:00. We'd have customers banging on the glass door, peering into a shop where we kept the lights completely off. More than a few times we'd go out and tell them we dont open till 9:00 only for them to ignore us and start talking like we were there to take their order.
Then we sold to a new owner who would fling open the door for anyone no matter what time they showed up. And they wondered why we were always behind given we had no prep time anymore.
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u/ZombiesAteK 1d ago
Picking up a call immediately after getting off one, usually saves alot of 5ime and headaches later as its usually the same person calling back
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u/ctnightmare2 1d ago
So if someone ask for the manager do you just hang up?
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u/Old-Patience1026 1d ago edited 1d ago
If you mean the agent, no. I just take a message for them. I don’t have a “manager.” The agent is my boss. If someone asks for her I just let them know she’s on vacation and I can send a message, or I offer to help. I’m confused with what this has to do with the post.
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u/ctnightmare2 1d ago
Sorry, must have misunderstood your job. Thought you were answering calls all day as a help desk kind of person.
Anyway enjoy your few days alone in office
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u/Old-Patience1026 1d ago
I mean, I am. Lol. I am a licensed insurance customer service representative. But a lot of calls that come in, since I’m licensed, I can take care of myself instead of sending to the agent.
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u/HuhWhatWhatWHATWHAT 1d ago
I take 6 hour lunches all the time. Because, *c work!
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u/jmegaru 1d ago
Is your job to eat lunch and get paid for it? 😅
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u/HuhWhatWhatWHATWHAT 1d ago
Nope. I just make it my job.
I hit my quotas each week/month but they don't know it only takes me 20% of my work schedule to do so.
So, long lunches. Go home whenever I feel like it. Go shopping. Run errands. Go to the gym/park. Take naps in my car. Whatever I feel like doing with all that extra time.
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u/SailingSpark IATSE 1d ago
This sounds like me on Mondays. I work in a theatre. Mondays are "dark" and most everyone has off but me. I am there in case the phone rings or a delivery shows up. I often do maintenance on mondays on things that only I can do in peace and privacy.
This also includes long lunches and naps.
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u/Bronzeshadow 1d ago
I work 911 and I've worked in major trauma centers. I've always found it amusing how so many corporate jobs try to artificially match or surpass our sense of urgency and emergencies. Like...no Debbie three people in the waiting room is not a crisis unless one of them is dying.
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u/mynamesuckz 1d ago
You should not wear pants for the first half hour, that’s your fucken time man!!
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u/Moveyourbloominass 1d ago
My drunk Ops Manager used to take 3 hour lunches; that is passed out in his car. Go ahead and enjoy your extended lunch! 🎉
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u/constadin 1d ago
A lot have come and gone in my workplace (big pharma coorporate). Long story sort, I am taking breaks every day from 11H30 until 13H30 without clocking out. Noone cares to notice as long as I am ahead of my projects lol
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u/daveguymandude 1d ago
Not sure how this is anti work. Sounds like you are proud to be a shit employee. The reason so many employers treat the employees so bad is because they think all employees act like you. You should be using this time to show the company how good you are at your job and why they should pay you more than the others. Instead you are not answering phones and taking 1.45 hour breaks? Real smart.
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u/Old-Patience1026 1d ago edited 1d ago
How am I shit for taking as long a break as my coworkers constantly get away with taking, not opening before we’re even supposed to be open, and allowing myself to breathe a little between phone calls?
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u/Mammoth_Ad_3463 1d ago
Had a coworker who LOVED to let customers in early and make me handle them claiming we were letting money walk away if we didn't. We'll, ai was going over our business insurance and happily pointed out that if a customer was injured outside of our business hours because they were allowed in early, or if we were robbed, insurance wouldn't cover it! She shut the fuck up after that.
Also "love" how in office my one boss is in and out, but my other boss is pertually on some vacation or another, but they spy on us over cameras.
I get help up because I need their approval (for shit they demanded I get their approval for) so I get stopped regularly because of waiting for them.
Why the fuck can they go run errands on their "lunch break" in excess of 4 hours but I am told I need to make up an entire in office day for leaving 30 minutes early for an appointment.
They really are all about that control because it's not like work is getting gone when they hinge it on themselves and then don't do it.
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u/daveguymandude 1d ago
Stop comparing yourself to others it will get you nowhere. Just because some of the people I work with do terrible jobs and get away with it doesn't mean I should. Have pride in your work but also don't let a company take advantage of you.
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u/Old-Patience1026 1d ago edited 1d ago
Okay, yes. One could argue I could be better than my coworkers as far as the breaks are concerned. But why should I open the office before 9am? Or answer back to back calls to the point I’m out of breath, just to prove I’m a worthy employee?
Besides, I’m not comparing. It’s just nice to be able to enjoy a long break once and awhile too. On a normal day my coworkers take advantage of me like it’s their job. I do all the grunt work so they can chit chat and make personal calls all day. Our clientele are extremely needy and demanding. I take care of them all day so my coworkers can make their “sales calls” (which they spend less than half the day doing.) I’m exhausted and teetering on the edge of burnout. A little self care isn’t going to hurt anyone.
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u/grilldchisme 1d ago
Ive been in your shoes. In my office with the 4 of us, i would get "talks" because i was pulling my weight in sales and meeting my projected goals because when i was there, i would work! But id get these "talks" because i wasnt "helping" my other 3 coworkers with their sales-this was a commission based job, if they need sales, maybe they should stop hanging out in the back room dicking around on their phones all 8 hours of their work day? I would also get "talks" if i was a little late on my lunch because theyd make me close every day and i had no time to get errands done after work. Meanwhile, the other 3 would take as long as they want. Even come back into work, clock back in, and leave to do whatever they felt like and considered it "passing out sales flyers".
So i completely understand how you feel. They abuse the system daily, youre allowed to take a breather too.
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u/FullRaver 2d ago
Wy can't insurance agency have business model of remote work? All paper work can made digital right?