Why does every-one in Thailand feel obliged to go and eat lunch at mid-day 12.00?

Because Its lunch time!!!

Can you believe that another country has different meal times to yours! How dare they!

naah!! you can go before me - I'm on flexi-beer

Its lunch time and companies give people time off to eat their lunch at that time. It is not much different in other countries.

so they can all line up everywhere... it makes the lunch to go so fast.

yes understand, staggered between 11am and 2pm would make it much easier for everyone....

blame the employers

so they can all line up everywhere... it makes the lunch to go so fast.

yes understand, staggered between 11am and 2pm would make it much easier for everyone....

blame the employers

Sort of, but the vendors prepare food for the twelve o'clock invasion. Depends where you are, but is standard practice in many countries.

so they can all line up everywhere... it makes the lunch to go so fast.

yes understand, staggered between 11am and 2pm would make it much easier for everyone....

blame the employers

Well in many companies like hours it is like that. Else no one would pick up the phone 12-1.

So that everyone can close at the same time.

Socialise by eating together.

It's a different business model from what we enjoy in the West.

It took a little adjustment for me to 'enjoy' it here though ...

What's for dinner?

Not too different from the west I think. And Thais love eating, that's why you don't have to tell them twice to stop working and go eating.

Because if you didn't put a "time" on it they'd eat ALL day long - and still weigh 100 kilos pounds - pounds pounds 50 kilos .....

Thanks for pointing that out quickly.....

Edited September 3, 201411 yr by pgrahmm

so they can all line up everywhere... it makes the lunch to go so fast.

yes understand, staggered between 11am and 2pm would make it much easier for everyone....

blame the employers

Well in many companies like hours it is like that. Else no one would pick up the phone 12-1.

Thailand doesn't require anyone to be available to pick-up the phone 12-1 because no Thai would be silly enough to call during 12-1.

Because if you didn't put a "time" on it they'd eat ALL day long - and still weigh 100 kilos .....

100 kilos = 220 pounds.

Because if you didn't put a "time" on it they'd eat ALL day long - and still weigh 100 kilos .....

Was that meant to be '100 kilos lbs' ?

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Because if you didn't put a "time" on it they'd eat ALL day long - and still weigh 100 kilos .....

Was that meant to be '100 kilos lbs' ?

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Because if you didn't put a "time" on it they'd eat ALL day long - and still weigh 100 kilos .....

Was that meant to be '100 kilos lbs' ?

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100 kilos -- maybe he was talking about TWINS?

Because if you didn't put a "time" on it they'd eat ALL day long - and still weigh 100 kilos .....

Was that meant to be '100 kilos lbs' ?

.

Yes - thanks - corrected now.....

Because if you didn't put a "time" on it they'd eat ALL day long - and still weigh 100 kilos .....

Was that meant to be '100 kilos lbs' ?

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100 kilos -- maybe he was talking about TWINS?

Now THAT's a reason for an extended lunch.........

They eat at 12 midday because it is the only chance they get to eat after they have just finished breakfast, and will soon be busy preparing dinner.

Because if you didn't put a "time" on it they'd eat ALL day long - and still weigh 100 kilos .....

Was that meant to be '100 kilos lbs' ?.

100 kilos -- maybe he was talking about TWINS?

Now THAT's a reason for an extended lunch.........

Only if they are girls ...

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so they can all line up everywhere... it makes the lunch to go so fast.

yes understand, staggered between 11am and 2pm would make it much easier for everyone....

blame the employers

Well in many companies like hours it is like that. Else no one would pick up the phone 12-1.

Thailand doesn't require anyone to be available to pick-up the phone 12-1 because no Thai would be silly enough to call during 12-1.

In the West they sometimes rotate lunchtime a bit so they are staffed. This way many important businesses could be reached by other workers without having to do so during working hours and stealing from the boss.

This of course does not apply to everery business and in no way means im putting down the thai system.

I eat lunch when I'm hungry, not when the clock tells me to.

Why not? It's the time for eating, not running errands.

There should be a sign at every entry point: You Are In Thailand.