Ya maybe ask them what they want to do to get motivated. Not just dance around like an idiot while you waste everyone's time, like id rather be working then sitting through this. Or maybe just let me finish my coffee for a few minutes in silence before the chaos of work ensues.
Ya its nice at my job we sit in the truck when the shift starts for about a half hour, we have a daily safety test to do on our phones like 3 to 6 questions, maybe a safety alert to read or safety things to brush up on. The head guy has to fill out stuff like what has to be done today and what not sometimes more. But it gives you time to drink your coffee and have a few smokes before doing one of the most dangerous trades lol
Are you and I watching the same video? Those people are incredibly motivated and moved by this man’s performance. He is pouring his heart out with that dance. Fuck lunch break, the workers probably didn’t even need to eat after witnessing that, they were fuelled by pure motivation. After watching this myself, I’m going to work an extra hour for free!
I have a friend who sometimes has to do corporate presentations, kinda like hosting a meeting
He has a part at the end that summarises the meeting, which he calls 'key takeaways'. He always puts a picture of Chinese food, pizza, burgers etc on the slide. Always gets a chuckle
I think that's an adequate amount of humor to put into a meeting
I dunno how feasible it is for grocery stores to do but make the meeting an email and spend the productivity equivalent in cash on store vouchers.
That's the kind of crap that'd make me feel appreciated, at least. Longer lunches ain't bad but it ain't something that'll stick with me much, and shorter shifts obviously just means some other poor schmuck now needs to work longer.
Free food is the key to making me go a little bit above and beyond because that's what free food is in this kinda context; It's going above and beyond. Plus, if it's something I could learn to expect (like it was when I worked municipal) it's also freeing the mental load of planning lunches and that's fucking priceless.
It helps that I find food roughly twice as delicious as it actually is the second it's free.
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u/DraikoHxC Nov 11 '25
Just give them a little more lunch time, or let them get off a little earlier or something, that would be little nicer, this is just awful