Word: lunching
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...Vittoria, a homespun Turin trattoria where plates clank every time the nearby kitchen door swings open. But for John Elkann, the 30-year-old vice chairman of both Fiat and IFIL, the Agnelli family's €6 billion holding company, this is the perfect place for a power lunch. After ordering his favorite Vittoria dish - a lightly fried veal cutlet with fresh tomatoes - Elkann leans in to better explain his choice. "You know why I really like this place?" he says, lowering his voice and widening his eyes. "Because it's fast." Those are the words of a young...
...nearly died from a cocaine overdose. Elkann absorbed himself in business instead. After getting his degree, Elkann entered General Electric's highly competitive Corporate Audit Staff program, where he mixed with other future business leaders and got hooked on high finance. Back at Vittoria, as he zips through his lunch, Elkann extols the benefits of knowing the books. "Finance is applied to everything," he says. "Look at this restaurant: maybe it seems overstaffed, but then you see that they move people in and out quickly, and you know that has a value." One factor that Elkann is indeed constantly weighing...
...road invariably means eating at hotels and restaurants?but if you're bored of being waited on, why not put together a picnic and head out to a park or scenic spot? You'll catch a slice of everyday life and a breath of fresh air along with your lunch. Many hotels will organize a packed meal for you, but assuming you have the time it's much more fun to head to a bustling food hall and browse unfamiliar delicacies for yourself. In fact, some of the more elaborate food stores, like those listed here, are attractions in their...
...Albuquerque, an Infosys executive, was taking me around the company's Mangalore campus, the most significant tech presence in the city. "There are things you can do here that you can't dream of doing in a big city like Bangalore. For instance, you can still go home for lunch, which I do on most days." But even that may become a thing of the past. Infosys is planning to move to a new, larger campus soon. From there, Albuquerque said sadly, he wouldn't be able to pop home at lunchtime...
There's no doubt that work has found its way into every hour of our day, thanks to beepers, cell phones and e-mail. Our lunch hours aren't even close to an hour; they average only 31 min. That's down 5 min. in 10 years. But fear not. We're getting our secret revenge. We've discovered a method to goof off despite it all. How? We seem to be stealing ever more bits of free time throughout...