there is such thing as a free lunch (sort of)

So you think that was a free lunch? Well let me introduce a small doubt here. Do you value your time? How much should you be paid for your time? Do you get a lunch time each day? Are you paid for that lunch time or do you still work 8 hours on top of your lunch? I'm sure you see where I'm going on this. You gave up your lunch time to go to a luncheon meeting requested by your Boss. In other words the least the Boss can do is pay for your lunch.

Free lunch? Well in our office, when someone celebrates their birthday, especially those who earns better than ours, they treat everybody with free lunch. What usually we have during these occasions are "puso" (hanging rice), with pork and chicken barbeque or lechon (roasted pork).

LOL! the one place i worked for would give us pizza once a month or so.. usually because it was a sunday and gauranteed we'd be there overtime. even tho i don't like working on a full stomach,you bet i wasn't passing up free. especially out of those cheap b***ards.

Dawn, Take it where you can get it. These days, a free lunch is big!! Who cares about the VP right? Leenie

You'll think that lunch was free until you go to ask for a raise and they say "well, because of that one lunch we had..." lol, just kidding. I used to work in a doctor's office and they would host lunches all the time. It was great since I was broke and could barely afford lunch! I guess the doctor bought too many lunches to pay me what I was worth. And that explains why I don't work there anymore. ha ha.

Geesh...some people. I have to pay for my lunch and eat with the boss TOO! I vote for chocolate covered chips!

I go out to eat with clients one day a week, and I get reimbursed for the meal, up to seven dollars. That is my free lunch.

These things are good sometimes, what do you say? Last Friday, it was told in our project we will get lunch. At lunch time, they provided us food packet and sweet. it was good

Unless it comes directly from heaven I don't think there is such a thing! You are so right....somebody had to pay for it.....and it was very nice that it wasn't you!

As long as you enjoyed spending time with the people you had to be with to get the lunch, then it was free. But usually even if you don't have to pay monetarily, there is some other price to be payed which is your time if not something worse.

If I ain't the one paying, then it's free. And, if it's free, it's for me!

Nice, nothing better then a free lunch. If you keep your eyes open you can find lots of free lunches in this economy. Businesses are giving out free food left and right. For example you can get a free taco from Del Taco on the 27th, if you follow this link and have one sent to your email. http://www.tacoforgiveness.com/index.php There are a ton of deals available for those willing to look around.

Well the free food is a free lunch, but believe it or not you still paid for it. In something far more valuable then money too. Your time. Now, I don't know, perhaps you go out for lunch everyday, too meet someone that doesn't show up. So then it would be normal. Perhaps you normally just rush down to a street vendor and grab a quick bite, with no thoughts of work crossing your mind at all. If I were in your position I would be slightly annoyed my time got wasted, but I would still be happy with the food. Cheers.