It's not an issue of machismo.
It's wanting to work in the most efficient manner throughout the shift.
Given the choice, I'd rather work at a steady pace than to go all out, sit for 15, go all out, etc.
It's the same reason why on an opening shift I'd show up a half hour early and work off the clock.
It's so that I could get the work done with the least amount of stress.
I can easily work a full shift without a break.
My body rarely needs the rest unless it's balls to the wall all day long, which is rare.
It's typically an ebb and flow.
If my taking a break because I'm entitled, not because I need one, makes my job more stressful by backing up the work, it seems like an easy choice for me.
It's 2009, and people are legally entitled to breaks, and some people actually need one.
Maybe when I hit 50 I'll need them, but that's still a couple of years away.
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