Taking a lunch break

Source A: an original contemporary non-fiction-style account.

“For years I ate lunch at my desk, answering messages between bites. In February, I began leaving the office for twenty minutes whenever my shift allowed it. There is a small square two streets away with four benches and a tree that provides very little shade. I usually take a sandwich and leave my headphones in my bag. The first few days, I kept checking whether anyone had sent something urgent.

The break felt suspiciously unproductive, which revealed how thoroughly I had confused availability with usefulness. Outside, the queue at the sandwich shop moved at a pace unrelated to my inbox. A child argued with a pigeon over a fallen crust. Nothing required my judgement, and that was part of the relief. I do not claim that a short walk repairs an unreasonable workload. Nor can every worker leave a post freely. But where a break is possible, it should not have to disguise itself as a technique for producing more work afterwards. Rest can be justified by the person who needs it.”

Source B: an original nineteenth-century-style letter or account, written for practice; this is not an archival document.

“At the warehouse, several clerks take their midday meal without leaving their stools. They commend the practice as an economy of time, though I have observed that a page stained with gravy requires more explanation than a brief absence. I walk to the yard when weather permits. There is little to admire except a wall, a strip of sky and a sparrow of remarkable confidence, but they have the advantage of not being accounts.

One need not make a grand excursion to interrupt the day's sameness. Yet the permission to pause should be real. A man told that he may rest while remaining ready for every summons has been offered a different posture, not a holiday. I would not defend the midday interval only by promising that the clerk will return a more efficient instrument. He is also a person who has been working since morning. That fact should carry some weight of its own.”

Refer to both sources. Infer the differences in the places and routines used for lunch breaks. Write a summary supported by details from both sources.