“I have eaten so many small, bad cupcakes just because they are there. I don’t need any of this stuff, so why, when it isn’t there, do I feel somehow deprived?”
Photo: Peter Dazeley/Getty Images Piece of Work is a column about workplace behavior and feelings: everything that happens at the office, except your actual job.
What is it about the workplace that makes snacking so serious an enterprise? Why do so many of us rise like the reanimated dead from our desks anytime the presence of anything free and edible is made known? I know it’s not hunger. It’s not even usually genuine interest. I have eaten so many small, bad cupcakes just because they are there.
In any case, says Methot, though the belief that healthy snacking can positively impact worker productivity lives on, the research is mixed, at best — with one notable exception: caffeine. “If you’re drinking coffee or eating chocolate that has a high level of caffeine in it, it actually does help regulate our emotions, and improve our mood, but anything else doesn’t actually help,” says Methot.
“Hi!!” one co-worker Slacked. “i wondered if we could get more healthy snacks like fresh fruit, please? we also used to get babybel cheese, which i really loved… ” The same co-worker went on to request more options “that aren’t heavily processed.”
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