This happens to me a lot.  I'll be just settling into my office with a hot sub or light crisp salad ... just about to take a bite when BAMMMM!  Out of the blue ... no appointment made, a solicitor will think it's a great time to pitch a sales idea to me.  Or my phone is flooded with (and no they don't hold my calls).  Should I eat out for lunch to avoid this or just be rude with anyone who dares bother me on my lunch?\n\nSuggestions?
119533
I drive to the park and eat in my car.\n\nI roll down the windows, enjoy the kids swinging, and birds chirping...but I don't go sit on the poop covered benches as I don't get that much time for lunch.
221198
Stop walking around and get back to work!\nSay hi once and just do a jesture next time.
250173
If you do get written up, you have the right to rebuttle.  Your boss might think this person is a close contact of yours and is trying to get information or something like that.  You need to let your boss know the former employee just showed up and you didn' invite her.  You are not responsible for who comes and goes from your workplace, nor can you keep someone from stopping by to say hello.  If your boss had a concern about this person being in the office, he needed to confront her at that moment.  However, if your boss has a hidden agenda, and you think he is just trying to get rid of you, I think you should start looking for a new job.  When the boss has it out for you, there isn't much you can do.  Even if you fight it and win, you'll never be comfortable working there.
658806
I don't think it's rude. As long as you don't make it totally obvious that youre eating, like chomping loudly or something. Just start a conversation and eat at the same time. She probably won't care. Hope this helps! :)
238238
No, it's a lovely time to spend with friends and/or family, enjoying a good meal and talking - although if there's a lot to say, it's not so easy to eat!  Just remember, everyone else is eating too; nobody else is looking at you and noting what you're doing!  Do you notice how someone else eats?  No, unless they have bad manners and speak with their mouth full, or lick the knife, or something.  Try to focus on the others and eat as if you were at home.  No-one is judging you!  Relax and enjoy the food and the company.  (I know it's easy to say, as is all advice.)
102676
By no means are you nagging. He is just choosing not to hear you. Instead of having his lunch in the house put it in a cooler at the back door and let him eat outside. He is being rather rude and inconsiderate. Good luck.
664803
Tell them you have a hang over! That works well. You won't have go into work the day after that too.
65457
first you have to get into your own head... are you willing to let this client go?  Some clients are not worth it.  This one sounds like a "zombie"  \n\nHeres a good article for you to read.  \nIll find it in  a minute. ...  (link to article in sources section.\n\nIf i were you I would get ready to possibly lose them - but put my foot down.  Tell them that you are very busy and that you need to know if they intend on being your customer - what ever that means... if they must order something in particular to be your customer - then explain to them that they need to confirm their order within the next week or you will have to take them off your list and they will have to go elsewhere to get what ever it is you were going to do for them.  \n\nBasically what you will be saying is "Poop or get off the pot!"\n\nEDIT - 2/19/06\nIn that case - you may want to basically just be patient.  Put the order on the back burner if you can.  If you need a certain amount of lead time in order to have their order ready - you should let them know right away.  This way if they do want to order - they will know how much time in advance they will have to do it in order to have it in time for their deadline.
414597
To get your mind off food you should think about me. You ask this question like you'r fat. YOU'R NOT FAT! You can eat less by talking or doing things with me :)
308459
Yeah, with how highly strung the work force is now a days,  they will probably be some humourless emotionally beaten old woman in the corner cubicle ready to scream SEXUAL HARRASMENT, which i'snt going to be a great thing for you.  My advice for the future...  if your going to do something like this again... do it on a Friday... because most people have a condition called DIGAFOF (Do I give a .... on fridays?) and might find it funny as inteded. As for cover ups... thought about calling in to work until Friday?
340444
Depends on how often you go to lunch with your boss.  Maybe you should bring other co-workers along so there is more opportunity for other conversation.  This relieves a lot of pressure from you and places some on someone else.  Additionally, if you are worried about it being too personal, then this would also make this a non-personal lunch and more of a group setting.  By way of removing the one on one it removes the personal situation out.\n\nGood luck!
191877
Start with "Hey, want to go to lunch?" and go.\nLet it start as coworkers.\nUnderstand that men at work are on guard due to harassment charges by disgrunteled coworkers so he might be very flighty.
642757
I believe that if there is only one employee on the property for the entire shift, then he cannot "remove from public view" to eat and rest.  But from what I have been told, a Break MUST be taken. (or at least not paid for)  Most small businesses split that 30 into two 15 minute breaks at the 0.25 and 3/4 marks in the shift for "heavy" snacking.  If a business is that small (like ours) that one person IS the shift, the customers usually don't have a prob. with them snacking at the counter.
588380
I would just send out a company wide memo that says: All employees are  to put their names on their lunches...and any lunches(or leftovers) will be tossed on Fridays.  Somebody may have accidentally taken the lunch...maybe it looked similar to theirs...OR maybe you have an employee who isn't well off financially and really needed the food. There is no sense accusing people of stealing. Sending a polite memo to all is usually enough to let people know something happened...and that it is being taken care of. The offending party also knows..and probably will feel guilty and wont do it again!
76000
That I cant tell you a good answer for that. If they do not invite you into conversation they are just being plain stupid. They should realize you are there doing them a favor. They'll miss you once you don't show up and for some reason their workload becomes a little heavy. Are you able to reject the request that go to that particular facility? If so make an extra day or two to make up for it where you are appreciated. Good Luck.
362717
you should tell them you don't appreciate them disrespecting you and especially in front of people if you keep letting them do it there not going to stop. until you let them know how you feel .your just being too nice and that's OK but you have feelings too . tell them to treat you like they want to be treated ,they shouldn't threaten your job either that's not very professional .she could lose her job also  and start taking your lunch i would just do my job and go home you dont need friends like them .
365720
I feel like that every day I leave my office and head for home when I work with the one boss. Sometimes it can be anxiety over so many things going on at once, at least that's what I've pin pointed it to in my situation. When the one boss is here he is crazy running around like a chicken with his head cut off, a huge tornado of chaos. It totally drains me after he leaves. Any other day I am fine, I think his chaotic manners suck my energy right out of me. I've tried just bracing myself for him to be chaotic and then when he leaves reorganise everything back to it's original spot,  also I ignore him somewhat, act really absorbed into my work and then he doesn't really bother me.