| This is a Draft Amnesty Week draft. |
I feel silly writing this up, but it's draft amnesty week. Caveat: I’ve been a visitor to several EA offices but haven’t worked regularly in any of them, and maybe I'm overly nostalgic about reheated felafel.
Some EA offices have catered lunch or lunch cooked on the premises every day. This is nice, but not every workplace can afford it.
5+ years ago when everything in EA was lower-budget, the main way EA offices did lunch was to provide sandwich / wrap ingredients. Ops staff would order the groceries, and would put out the spread about 15 minutes before lunchtime and microwave some of the foods. There was a designated time to show up, often 1 pm.
This method works pretty well for a crowd because you don’t all have to wait for the microwave. It was pretty flexible for different tastes and diets. People who wanted to bring their own food or buy food could still do that, of course.
Standard items I remember:
- Tortillas
- Bread
- Microwave packages of rice
- Hummus
- Refried beans
- Shredded cheese
- Cherry tomatoes
- Pre-washed spinach, arugula, or salad mix
- Avocados
Other stuff I found on old grocery receipt emails:
- Naan
- Focaccia
- Olive bread
- Guacamole
- Salsa
- Packaged falafel
- Quorn meat substitutes of various kinds
- Marinated tofu
- Chips / crisps
- Broccoli florets
- Sugar snap peas
- Tabbouli
- Pasta salad
- Sprouts
- Olives
- Spinach and feta packets (basically mini spanakopita)
- Various fruits
- Various frozen meals
This sort of lids for cans makes it easy to put away the half can of beans afterwards.
I am very ambivalent on what I think is the employers obligation here, as I am generally not a fan of the trend where our society makes employers responsible for everything because there's needs that aren't being filled in other ways. I hate my employer being involved in my healthcare, but that's completely embedded now. I don't like how paternalistic it feels to have my employer be in charge of my food too.