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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."

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  1. yawn by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    frits stop

  2. Wow, slow news day. by geminidomino · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I should submit a story about dropping my cell phone in the pouring rain, having to run my fat arse out there and grab it, and having it still work. +5, Interesting!

    1. Re:Wow, slow news day. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic
      Ten years back, my dad plugged his Motorola phone into the lighter outlet, closed the car door, and drove off.

      Unfortunately the phone had fallen out of the door pocket and ended up outside the door.

      He drove about 10km with the phone attached to the charger cord bouncing around on the pavement. Yes it was a rainy day too. When he finally arrived and discovered it, it was still working!

      The backside of it looked like somebody had put a disc grinder to it, but the damn thing still worked. I still have it, because it was one of those old-school phone where you can just short out two terminals to put it in test mode, which lets you listen to any arbitrary AMPS cell channel you want.

  3. Re:Cafeterias not the best value... by 10101001011 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Unless you are severely diabetic (in which case I'm going to feel like a heel), I think your problem is not with the amount of time you have to eat, but with the amount you eat.

  4. Re:bugmenot: by ClippyHater · · Score: 0, Offtopic
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  5. Re:The Cafeterias... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Isn't electrical engineering a GREAT profession? Aren't you glad there are SO MANY universities in Montreal supplying thousands of engineers to fill that GREAT DEMAND for engineers!? Engineers are so well respected in society too! And the universities just rake in the money with absolutely no garantees in return!

  6. Re:bugmenot: by teetam · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I get an install script not found error when I try to install the extension.

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