Serious question: have you ever had a 'water break'? (at work)

In old movies, and some old cartoons, I see references to "water breaks" with people heading to the water cooler.

Did anyone here ever work for a place that offered 'water breaks'?

In all the places I worked in which we had dsignated break times, they were always just called "breaks". Not water breaks, or even coffee breaks.

Also, oddly enough, I never worked anywhere with a water cooler until Fall of 2003. No that water coolers seem to be coming back to incredible popularity, I wonder if perhaps some places will start having 'water breaks', or if they'll keep the name 'coffee break' or just 'break'.

And remember way back when water coolers had cups in cone shapes (like for a snow-cone or shave ice)? Other than the Metropolitan Opera, I've not seen cone cups anywhere except on TV or in movies (or the aforementioned snow cones or shave ice).

Although coworkers and I occasionally called 'em "smoke breaks."

I like the term coffee break. This is odd, considering I have never actually used the term coffee break in actual practice, and also considering that I frequently drank coffee at work while NOT on break.

we had a water break :) someone tied a bead to a tread book and to the sprinkler power truck pulled sprinkler out of wall, water water everywhere not a drink to be had !!!!

by coffee companies, just like Mother's and Father's Days were invented by greeting card companies.

My dentist uses cone cups.

. . . Mother's Day was "invented" by Julia Ward Howe as a way to honor women's contributions to the peace movement.

This is not to say that the greeting card companies and restaurant industry didn't take it over, but that's not the way it started.

And remember way back when water coolers had cups in cone shapes (like for a snow-cone or shave ice)? Other than the Metropolitan Opera, I've not seen cone cups anywhere except on TV or in movies (or the aforementioned snow cones or shave ice).

I've seen those somewhere fairly recently. I can't remember where, of course. I think my eye doctor in Wyoming had them. And someone else here, too. But I'm old and my brain cells aren't what they used to be.

I thought you were talking about women going into labor while at work. ROFL

We called them breaks

When we worked in very hot weather, we got periodic water breaks but normally we just had a 15 minute coffee break at 9 and a half hour lunch at noon.

Just drink up and get back to work.

NOW!

;-)

It was a mess! Hence: "old sofa".