![]() ![]() A Diet Coke may not thus solve bigger issues, but it can certainly help the day go down more easily by providing a bit of a salve from the blinding lights in the office and perhaps a bonding moment with other coworkers.Īs Boyington-Warmack puts it, “You get a little boost of caffeine, you get fresh air leaving the office, and most of all, you get to spend time with your coworkers-the cool ones, of course. Now, taking breaks has been a longtime suggested solution to work fatigue but whatever the outing might be centered around, small amounts of time off don’t get rid of burnout since underlying stressors remain unaddressed. It’s also less costly than the average pack of cigarettes, which can run you more than $10 in New York City, according to Balancing Everything. Plus, he added, Diet Coke is a lot cheaper than a Blue Bottle coffee. But Diet Coke you can sneak into your workday.” Darkly colored, bitter, and slightly acidic, coffee has a stimulating effect on humans, primarily due to its caffeine content. “I wouldn’t want to smell like cigarettes in the workplace. “It’s not a great vibe for the office,” Boyington-Warmack, who is based in Brooklyn, says of smoking. Todd Laugen.īut as smoking became less mainstream and inflation made coffee and cigarettes more expensive, younger generations have turned to Diet Coke instead. A bit more counterculture than coffee, smoke breaks became so ingrained in the modern workforce that “workers across the postwar American economy came to assume smoking at work as a kind of right,” explains professor R. On a smaller scale, some young adults are gamifying their life and finances as a coping mechanism, turning a simple walk into a “hot girl walk” or a quick trip to the corner store into a “Diet Coke break.” The idea is to make the most of the little things-a mini special occasion to disrupt nationwide malaise, if you will.Īlso rooted in the industrial times, smoke breaks similarly allowed for some decompressing and bonding time. And, the hours spent at work don’t feel like they’re making much difference in employees’ wallets, as inflation remains stubborn, making workers extremely pessimistic about the economy.ĭealing with the rise and grind of it all has fueled a number of workplace trends, with Gen Z purportedly at the helm, from the anti-work movement and lying flat to quiet quitting. ![]() Over the last three years, it’s felt arguably increasingly tiring to clock in at work while a pandemic, climate disaster, and general rising global tension have been going on. It doesn’t help that Gen Z is dealing with a new kind of workplace disenchantment. Think less caffeine and nicotine, more aspartame. The Diet Coke break comes from a long lineage of timeouts in the workplace, a. Young workers don’t want to pay for daily cigs and coffee. It may seem like a little trend, but it’s a habit nearly as old as capitalism itself: the worker’s time away from labor during work hours to recharge. Think less caffeine and nicotine, more aspartame. Break because I’m easy influenced #dietcoke #workbreak #afternoonpickmeup #nurse #fyp #foryoupage ♬ original sound – Alana Svetlana ![]()
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