Is it normal to not want to take breaks at work?
Ever since I could remember I never really took the breaks provided from my jobs or wanted to. Everyone thought that I was weird but I just got used to it. I was always one of the most hard working and fastest person and I've been called the energizer bunny because I just can't stop running around and work even though I'll be the only one doing that. I think it might have to do with an exercise addiction and eating disorder I used to have in the past. I've fully recovered but I still love working out...hmm I might've answered my own question.
Anyways right now I work in a warehouse and I mostly package and stack boxes and since I'm too chicken to drive a forklift, I also use pallet jacks and I'm always running around keeping busy... I don't find it hard but I guess it can put a strain on some people who aren't used to it. I do almost twice or three times the work than most guys, but that's cuz I enjoy it as well. I'm a petite female and at the beginning I felt I had to prove myself I was capable if doing more "physical" or "heavier" work and i sometimes get annoyed when they tell me to have lunch or a break. It took them a while to realize I was capable of working 8 to 9 hours straight in speedy mode without stopping unless to use the washroom or refill my water bottle. I used to hear guys going "how does that tiny little girl work like that?" but now they expect that out of me all the time haha!
I also have a bf who has a more harder and dirtier job than me...he's a flat roofer and he assumes that most girls should work in the office but the very thought of me having do sit down for that long of a period each day makes me wanna barf...plus I don't like the stereotype just cuz I'm a small female. It's funny how the office at my job only has one female and the rest are male lol.
But anyways my bf and a few co workers told me that it is kinda stupid to not take breaks because first of all it is apparently illegal ( tho in my previous jobs, I had managers who wanted me to keep on working), second: I might pass out, get hurt and faint from lack of energy...(I don't eat til after work and my breakfast us usually just a coffee)third it's stupid because I'm not getting paid for the lunch break... But I really don't care! I've been warned by older people that working like the way I am working now was how they eventually got hurt...but I find it hard to stop when I'm so full of adrenaline and having fun lol. Plus stopping for breaks makes me feel tired after!