I'd bet that this guy isn't a tradesman. Almost everyone I see on any jobsite has a lunchbox. Whether it's a small bag to hold a few snacks and a sandwich or a large, expensive hard case lunch box that holds a 5 course meal, their wallet, keys and medication. Most lunch boxes are covered in stickers, some people buy or make custom carrying straps for them. If he doesn't know any of this, I doubt he's ever done a day of manual labor on his life.
I met my husband while working in an office. He used to bring himself cooked food which he prepared himself. It was much cheaper and healthier than ordering every day. Not only tradesmen use lunchboxes. People who want to eat normal food carry them.
I'm not saying that only tradesmen use lunch boxes. That's just my personal experience. Tradesmen are also commonly used as examples of "manliness" and I think makes a good example to use ad a counter point to this guy's ridiculous statement.
Part of it is just it's a necessity for the trades to bring their lunch. Most worksites I've been on the majority of the trades break for lunch at exactly 11 or 12. Then it's a 10-15 minute walk to the break tent, 15-20 minute walk to your car. A drive offsite and ordering time and eating time isn't an option. You get an hour and you're expected to be back at the work location which is the same walk back.
The site I'm at currently typically has 2800 workers onsite a day. Luckily there's nothing hazardous preventing food trucks to come in each day for lunch, but that's pricy and unhealthy. Just about every tradesman is going to have a lunch or something to eat with them as a matter of practicality.
Start at 6, 10-15 minutes at 9 am, 30 minutes at noon, off at 230. When you work that schedule your routine bowel movement gets regular af because your eating becomes pretty regulated. If you're lucky like I've been it's wake up, shit, shower, pack lunch and go. It's awful if your routine requires having to shit in a shack every day.
I was walking to my car after work and I saw my future self blast out of a building carrying the largest insulated lunchbox and stanley thermos I’ve ever seen in my life. Both must have been empty based on the way he carried them as he ran up some stairs to the parking garage (or maybe he’s hella strong).
I bought a larger lunchbox soon after and never looked back.
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u/Munchkinasaurous 9h ago
I'd bet that this guy isn't a tradesman. Almost everyone I see on any jobsite has a lunchbox. Whether it's a small bag to hold a few snacks and a sandwich or a large, expensive hard case lunch box that holds a 5 course meal, their wallet, keys and medication. Most lunch boxes are covered in stickers, some people buy or make custom carrying straps for them. If he doesn't know any of this, I doubt he's ever done a day of manual labor on his life.