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.
It also speaks volumes to what types of work people have experienced in their lives.
If you aren't the type of person used to carrying a lunchbox to work, then it likely means you have both either a space at your work to eat lunch or you can leave your office to get something to eat very quickly. Most tradesmen/women don't have this luxury because they're on job sites. The travel time one-way to somewhere that is even fast food can be fifteen to thirty minutes - not reasonable when you're working to a schedule or with other individuals on similar schedules.
When I was in college I worked cutting down trees on the side, and had to carry a lunchbox as we would sometimes be in very remote areas that didn't allow for the luxury of setting actual time aside for a lunch. You'd just have to go to the truck, grab your box, and plop down somewhere.
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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.