Out to lunch

In my (albeit limited) experience of the typical American cubicle-land office, a major structuring element of the day is deciding with whom and where one is going to eat lunch. Though one might occasionally bring a lunch, this is an emergency measure when one has so much work to do they are just going to eat at their desk. Because there is no shared kitchenette for everyone to eat at in most American offices, and sometimes there isn't even a coffee machine hooked up on some counter. I have yet to walk into a single work place in Iceland that does not have a kitchenette with a table large enough for all staff members to sit around. What is perhaps more surprising is this table gets used every day, sometimes more than once a day. I only wish my office weren't quite so close to it.   

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