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A Look at Silicon Valley Cafeterias

Posted by timothy on from the google's-helps-you-find-the-food dept.

boycottthecaf writes "The San Jose Mercury News has a story on the cafeterias of Silicon Valley companies, and how they are used to keep workers on site during lunch. Google, of course, has the cafeteria everyone envies."

19 of 238 comments (clear)

  1. Cafeterias not the best value... by Krankheit · · Score: 4, Funny

    I need a big lunch, so I don't want to go into the cafeteria and order four lunches and four 20 ounce bottles of Mountain Dew. I prefer to go to my local Wal-Mart and pick up two of those two litre bottles of Mountain Dew, pick up some coffee at the BR Dunkin' Donuts inside Wal-Mart, and two dozen of jelly filled doughnuts. Then I get a bag of cocoa puffs, and head to Burger King to get my cheeseburger. Problem is by the time I get back to the cafeteria with all my food to sit down and eat with my laptop, lunch is usually over. :(

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    1. Re:Cafeterias not the best value... by bwalling · · Score: 2, Funny

      You could save yourself a lot of time by simply going to Hardee's and getting the Double Monster burger (1300 calories, 90 grams of fat). Eat two if you're feeling hungry. Of course, if you eat two, you might pass out. Don't forget fries and a drink.

  2. ebay cafe by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Do eBay employees have to place bids for their meals?

    1. Re:ebay cafe by victor_the_cleaner · · Score: 4, Funny

      But $23,000 for a Virgin Mary Grilled Cheese is a bit steep.

    2. Re:ebay cafe by Cylix · · Score: 4, Funny

      The problem with eBay cafeteria...

      The lunch lady is using her alternate account to pump of the bid price.

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    3. Re:ebay cafe by duffer_01 · · Score: 2, Funny

      Yes, but if you leave negative feedback you get a fly in your soup.

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  3. Re:The Cafeterias... by dawnread · · Score: 2, Funny
    I'm guessing either

    a) Massage Parlor doesn't mean the same in American as it does in English

    or

    b) You worked for the greatest company on earth

    "I'm just going to the massage parlour to work on this *problem* (nods downward)"

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  4. Re:Reg Required by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Sounds like a job for Microsoft Passport.NET.

  5. Re:Article text. by ForestGrump · · Score: 4, Funny

    And where I used to work in the valley...

    There was no cafetria, but Costco was accross the street. Hello samples!

    Grump

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  6. Re:The Cafeterias... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    You mean your company doesn't offer complimentarly handjobs? Jeezus, dude, get a new job. A topflight Gentoo system admin like most slashdotters deserves better.

  7. Saltpeter by Senor_Programmer · · Score: 2, Funny

    keeps those nerds from gettin restless come spring time.

    Anyone know what that stuff is that's floating in the curry?

  8. The Executive Lunch room by goneutt · · Score: 4, Funny

    Where they dine on the souls of that they've sucked out of the employees, feast on the marrow of the bones that they've been worked down to, and maybe a baby or two that's wondered out of the daycare center.

    GET IN MAH BELLY

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  9. Google's Strategy by nxtr · · Score: 5, Funny

    Apparently, you need invites to go their cafeteria.

    1. Re:Google's Strategy by MuMart · · Score: 2, Funny

      I've heard it's not the only thing in that cafeteria that's viral...

  10. What??? by advocate_one · · Score: 3, Funny

    your lunchbreaks are long enough for you to actually leave your desks???

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  11. Re:Wow, they have lunch in California? by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 3, Funny

    The chili is good. Just watch out if someone gives you the finger instead.

  12. Re:The Cafeterias... by still+cynical · · Score: 5, Funny
    the company stopped giving it away. In fact, the ice water cooler was likewise turned off. The breakrooms were stripped of their free coffee and tea (and hot chocolate, *sigh*). And their water coolers were removed. And then the styrofoam cups (and their subsequent paper brethern faced a similar fate). Then they got rid of the plates and plastic forks and spoons. Finally, when the free sugar sachets left, so did I.


    When they came for the soda, I did nothing because I wasn't a soda. When they came for the coffee, I did nothing because I wasn't a coffee. When they came for the water cups, I did nothing because I wasn't a water cup. And when they came for me, there was no one to help me because they were all down at the local 7-11 getting something to drink.
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  13. Microsoft by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Apparantly, the article didn't show the Microsoft meals because they had too many bugs.

  14. Anal by drooling-dog · · Score: 4, Funny

    anal shithole

    -1, Redundant?