The Not-So-Leisurely Lunches of Working Women

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With its image of leisurely meals in fancy restaurants, the old phrase “ladies who lunch” probably leaves a bad taste in the mouths of today’s working women as they grab a bite to eat in the midst of a hectic day. An online reader poll by Working Mother, in tandem with Oscar Meyer, takes a detailed look at how these working women view and use their workaday lunch break.

The outlook is mainly utilitarian. Picking from a short menu of choices to describe how they feel about their lunch time, just 9 percent termed it “a delightful break during my day.”

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