Jamie Shler clued me into this French habit.

« The French labor code prohibits workers from eating lunch in the workplace. The solo work lunch is also shunned in a culture that prizes a change of pace and scenery during the midday meal. »

Drop that fork! Why eating at your desk is banned in France https://t.co/gXC4x0Qaq2

— Jamie Schler (@lifesafeast) June 16, 2022

The article is interesting. And then I got to this bit:

Consider a recent protest at Bruegel’s institute, France’s National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment, over the proposed introduction of American-style brown-bag seminars. “Lunchtime seminars were considered as socially regressive, intellectually insufficient and so on,” he says, “because you needed a break in your work time!”

“Lunch ‘n Learn” has grown to be pretty common. I now don’t even consider joining in.