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Re:Bay Area cities are cracking down on free food at tech co... by icebraining on Friday July 27, 2018 @04:02AM (#17624301)
Why are you assuming there even are restaurants near the office? A bunch of people getting into their cars and clogging up roads at lunch time doesn't sound like an improvement to me.
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Re:Bay Area cities are cracking down on free food at tech co... by falsedan on Friday July 27, 2018 @05:57AM (#17624786)
We’re talking about SF, so unless your office is in Bayview/Visitacion/deep Outer Sunset|Richmond there’s a restaurant within 15 minutes walk
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Re:Bay Area cities are cracking down on free food at tech co... by flyingfences on Friday July 27, 2018 @08:43AM (#17625504)
> within 15 minutes walk

So, a half-hour round trip.

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Re:Bay Area cities are cracking down on free food at tech co... by falsedan on Monday July 30, 2018 @07:12AM (#17643606)
Yes, assuming a standard stride length of 0.7 metres and favourable traffic conditions, each lunch attendee could be expected to achieve 2900 steps. If travelling as a group there could be a minor social interaction every 4-10 steps thus leading to over 700 conversational actions which may help build camaraderie, strengthening team bonds and inproving the overall efficiency of the team.
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