Aug. 2, 2015 - Run

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Jan

So... this actually happened. On my first day working at a certain company, the staff all disappeared for lunch, leaving me alone and confused :\

Amguitarman • 08/02/2015

Noticing a lot of "this actually happened" scenarios. I'm really enjoying them. XD

Mike • 08/02/2015

How can they leave a pretty girl like Jessie behind? I know if she worked with me I wouldn't leave her behind alone... Er, her behind, alone, I mean... You know what?, I'm just going to stop now before Jan ban hammers me with a real hammer...

LLNV & LLPT

LionkingCMSL • 08/02/2015

Looks like quitting time at Amtrak, in all honesty. :=3

Kangaar Foxfire • 08/02/2015

"Lunch break?" I don't even know what those are - I have to continue working while I'm eating.

@LionkingCMSL - hopefully not for the train drivers too. :)

soriac • 08/02/2015

Yeah, I had one of those jobs, too. My whole department was going to lunch, everytime at precisely 12:30 (well, me and my colleagues WERE german, you know ;-) Lucky me, they took me with them the fitst day, they had to explain to me the rather strange payment system in the cafeteria, thus two things for me to be confused on first day.

Later jobs were different, since the staff was smaller, there had to be one person always on duty and several people were working on urgent problems, thus everyone had to go to lunch whenever he could affort it. Makes me wonder what is better, the whole department invading the cafeteria, leaving the cubicles vacant, or going solo or in small groups. I can't decide

LionkingCMSL • 08/02/2015

@ Kangar Foxfire: For T&E (Train & Engine) personnel there is a 12 hour law, so at quitting time they would be in the crew room and, yes, it was the same for them, though not quite as bad.

The 12 hour law applies to all personnel that directly affect train operations: dispatchers, tower men, signal maintainers, track men, etc.

I was not under the 12 hour law, because I did not directly affect train operations.

WAtheAnum • 08/02/2015

(slow motion) coffee break!

Cercris • 08/02/2015

Complete opposite of working in a call center. Seriously, there is always a war between management and agents. Management tries to organize the breaks and lunches in order to appease the clients, and the agents do everything they can to circumvent getting stuck two hours late for their scheduled lunch.

Kael Duranus • 08/02/2015

Lol. Never had a job where this happened. Comes from working in medicine I guess. Pretty much, you grab a bite between emergencies.

That was one heck of a rush though... Somebody ran out of there so fast, they left their shirt behind...

Parou • 08/02/2015

Lunch Break - [noun-fictional] Mythical time of day rumoured to be in existence in some alternate employment universe.

Yeah, rarely have these things, I work in a role where time disappears quicker than a toupee in a cyclone. I have lost count of the times where I say "Guess I should take a break and find some lunch" and the response from security is "Lunch? It's almost 8.. How about we get some pizza delivered for dinner? In the meantime... is it working yet?"

Silverwolf • 08/02/2015

You know, I have to wonder why nobody has any kind of footwear. Granted not all species may need them, but paws on hot pavement, sharp objects, and other hazards might require their use.

choo choo George • 08/02/2015

LionkingCMSL,

You work for Amtrak? Cool, I love trains myself and currently working at GE inspecting Tier 4 diesel engines they're building for the RR's and other users in Grove City PA. I also model trains in 'O'. Do you model by chance?

Frank • 08/02/2015

This could be the start of a beautiful... acquaintanceship

On my first day of work, I went through "isn't it time for lunch?" "We'll go later" "But don't we have to be back by 2:05?" "Bah, we'll be back" They finally went out at 1:50. And yes, made it back by 2:05

meiyo • 08/02/2015

I work in a warehouse, they do the same shit to me, first day I thought the world ended because I was alone on the floor XD

Timecruncher • 08/02/2015

LionkingCMSL - T&E would just grab one of those healthy, wholesome emergency snack-packs and a Coke while waiting for the relief crew (if one was coming).

Porsupah • 08/02/2015

At one gig, a few years back, I wound up giving up lunch - but not the lunch hour, which I'd spend a few minutes' walk away, where I realised a good number of rabbits had set up home. And thus began my expensive slide into wildlife photography. ^_^

Randolph Woltman • 08/03/2015

In high school, it was pretty regimented. Go to classes, get lunch for half an hour, then go back to class.

Now that I'm in college, I was hoping for a more flexible lunch schedule. Unfortunately, for four out of the five days, I have to go to class, run to the dining hall to beat the lunch rush, eat for 25 minutes, then sprint back to a different class. The workers running in the second panel remind me of those students running with me. Running together, but running where I have no idea...

Jan, thank for creating this comic, and allowing people to comment and share their wit and experiences, and educating a young college student about the frantic and odd life of office work... considering that I still am uncertain about what I am going to do in my future, this is certainly food for thought...

Muddypaws • 08/03/2015

They're all headed to the local "watering hole"!

LionkingCMSL • 08/03/2015

@Choo choo George: I left Amtrak a year ago. Bad move on my part. As for modeling, I am a serious H-O scale model railroader with ~1,000 pieces of rolling stock. Check out my model railroad's web page at www.sjwrr.com

@Timecruncher: That might be true for the freight railroads, but Amtrak tries to make sure the T&E crews are at a crew base before they outlaw. On the NEC the crews normally get to go home every night. That is true on any of the other regional corridors.

Interstate2011 • 08/03/2015

Really, they have a cafeteria, or a canteen? Cool.

If so, is it like a cafeteria with more choices of food?

Vanbael • 08/03/2015

That's me when I want to squeeze in a round of minigolf :)

Spazzmatt • 08/04/2015

Working in carpentry means there is no "lunch break". So, I've never experienced this.

I eat lunch when 1. The job is done, or 2. I just don't...

It's hard to get a "lunch break", and when I do, it tends to be at around 3:00 - 5:00. So, I wouldn't even call it a lunch break. :)

Kris Husky • 08/06/2015

I know this situation as well. Happened on my tenth day when suddenly everyone was gone leaving me in the building alone

WB101 • 08/08/2015

I've said it before... and I'll say it again. They're moving in herds. They do move in herds. (Honestly it was the first thing that came to mind when I saw panel 2. LOL)

But now I'm instinctually torn between A) stalking... B) giving chase... C) waiting for the larger predators to act first... or D) rushing in and claiming any bags of doughnut holes as my own. Ggrrr... gasp cough wheeze

Have to admit, I missed this scenario most of my career. Until recently, I've always been in posts where we had to have someone on duty during the typical lunch hour, and I always ended up being the guy to pull that watch. Recently, boss posted a sign and announced that when I take lunch or run business errands, the shop will be locked and phones/email/ticket system unmanned, and we'll follow up on things after I get back. At least now I get a posted/scheduled lunch hour... instead of just whenever I can get away.

Swift • 08/09/2015

@Silverwolf No foot wear it's one of typical tropes, simlar like disney's characters had no pants

Perfesser_Bear • 08/09/2015

We start around 7:30 or 8:00; the cafeteria opens for lunch at 11:30. If they have Buffalo Chicken Salad on the antipasto bar, it WILL be gone by 11:55. Vamos a hustle, y'all.

Silverwolf • 09/29/2015

@Swift: Mickey and Goofy did.

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