I could eat those memes for lunch

She just stood up for herself

She deserves better

Starvation nation (I ate all my work snacks before 10am)

Imagine you pick up a new hobby for yourself after work, and let's say it's a manicure. You buy the kit and work hard at making your nails look good and presentable. Some time and effort later, you feel good enough to help out your friends, whose nails are also hopeless. But first, before you hang out with your friends, you bring it to work, because you don't really feel like driving home and then going out again with your friends. You quickly realize that it was a mistake to bring said kit to…

Lunch break>>>

It's not that serious

If you're beyond bored and hungry while waiting for lunchtime at work every day, these memes are for you.

LOL

Employment is pretty simple. An employer is supposed to compensate a worker for their time. When said worker is off the clock, they can do whatever the hell they want with their time. You either pay someone for their time or you dismiss them from their duties. Demanding that people stay at work while they're off the clock? Not to get all hyperbolic, but that lowkey sounds like slavery to me.

One day at work, redditor u/unitedstatesofLABIA wasn't feeling super hungry, so they agreed to help their boss with a few errands. Big mistake. It's easy to let these things slide in the moment, but the consequences of letting bosses cross boundaries—like using lunch breaks for work-related errands—can come back to bite you in the long run. That's why we have things like regulation in the first place. Without regulation, exploitation is inevitable.

The nerve of these people