Comment on 'Wildly more expensive': Workers with in-office jobs spend about $31/day that they wouldn't working from home — here's what employers need to do

• Garbanzo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  In most of the US that’s a crazy amount to spend on lunch, but this hypothetical also included public transit so we’re not talking about most of the US

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  • captainlezbian@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Yeah that’s DC based on metro. Food is crazy there

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• cyborganism@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  That’s in CAD. Our dollar isn’t as strong as the EUR. Also everything is more expensive in Canada.

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  • Moneo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Spending $30 on lunch in Canada is still absurd. The food court near where I work: $15 for iranian meat + rice (i forget what it’s called sorry, best option by far though) $12 for a japadog $8 for two slices of pizza Are you going to earls or some shit for lunch?

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    • cyborganism@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      No! I swear, a single plate with a drink at a food court is now 20+$. It’s insane.

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• GingeyBook@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Also just pack your lunch ffs

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  • funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    just make sure it doesn’t smell, stain, is difficult to eat, is easy to prepare, easy to clean and you’ve measured out the right amount to prevent wastage.

    or just let me work from home?! which is better in every way?! for everyone involved?!

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    • captainlezbian@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Yeah that’s a peanut butter sandwich. And it’s good for you

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    • JJROKCZ@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      And all of this is why the lunch meat sandwich is the king and standard of packed lunches. I normally swap between packing a lunch meat sandwich or a pb&j for lunch or I’ll go broke grabbing takeout

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      • Moneo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I need to start doing this.

        I agree WFH is good but I feel like people exaggerate how hard it is to bring your own lunch. I ate an apple with nut butter today because I was too lazy to meal prep. Yeah, I have low standards, yeah it’s not exactly filling but whatever. I’ve saved hundreds by just sucking it up having a shitty lunch when I’m too lazy to meal prep.

        TO BE CLEAR: I 100% support WFH. Fuck greedy, lazy employers who refuse it for no reason, we should all continue to fight for WFH. Acting like there is no alternative to buying lunch every day is a cop out.

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    • SheerDumbLuck@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Alternatively, microwave fish every day for lunch in the kitchenette near the execs. We must suffer together.

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    • Moneo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I 100% agree wfh is better in every way but these are the dumbest excuses.

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      • funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        life is just a series of little things. the little things matter.

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• e_t_@kbin.pithyphrase.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Just a fast food hamburger and fries is $9-something where I live. The yellow curry at my favorite Thai restaurant is $12-something, plus a tip. Add a soda to either one and it's another $2-3.

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  • agent_flounder@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    That’s similar here. I could scrimp and get by for a little less but it is easy to spend $10-15 on lunch these days.

    But at least it’s less healthy. /s

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• ellabee@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I’d say it’s about $15-20 for an average lunch here, in Seattle. transit is fairly cheap, $5.50 to and from work unless you live far enough to go through a couple zones, at which point I think it’s still under $8 round trip.

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• JJROKCZ@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Yea 25-30 is a sit down meal somewhere, in reality most office drones are picking up something quick from fast food or a convenience store for >$15 a day.

  Still a waste of money though

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  • jasondj@ttrpg.network ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    You’d be surprised. I was busy at work one day and starving. Almost doordashed a burrito and chips from Chipotle till I saw it’d be almost $25 before tip b

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    • JJROKCZ@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I would be surprised but you said DoorDash, that adds like 40% after you count in DoorDash fees, the raise in price from the restaurant trying to get their fees back, plus the tip.

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• theneverfox@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  $7?? The norm must be at least twice that

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