We talked about how cigarette breaks had once sort of served the role of punctuating the intensity of the working day with a moment for your self, and how even in our more health-conscious society, that sort of artificial biological imperative to leave the beck and call of the computer had value.
Yeah, I know someone who refused to quit smoking for years partly because of that effect. My personal trick is to go get coffee and chill while the coffee machine does its thing... but that doesn't involve going very far (or outside in good weather) and doesn't take quite as long.
Part of the problem is that it is still easier, culturally, to justify taking a smoke break than most of other types of breaks.
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Date: 2012-03-23 04:49 pm (UTC)Yeah, I know someone who refused to quit smoking for years partly because of that effect. My personal trick is to go get coffee and chill while the coffee machine does its thing... but that doesn't involve going very far (or outside in good weather) and doesn't take quite as long.
Part of the problem is that it is still easier, culturally, to justify taking a smoke break than most of other types of breaks.