When the busy seasons hit, most of us who work on the road are guilty of dashboard dining. For those unfamiliar with the term, it means we don’t have time to stop and eat lunch, so we roll through a fast-food drive-through and eat as we drive. If we’re really patient, we’ll take all of two minutes to pull over in the parking lot, pile the food up on the dashboard and swallow our food whole without coming up for air. We do this maddening pattern repeatedly because we believe we have no time to slow down and eat.
Many office people order in and gulp down their food while they’re busy trying to handle the phones, computers and more. There’s an invisible ball and chain that attaches them to their desks. If they dare go out to lunch, they’re scorned by their co-workers for abandoning their post and leaving them in their hour of need.