Cigarette breaks are sometimes ad-hoc meetings or brainstorming sessions. You get a few people together and talk about work stuff. I found these to be so valu

Cigarette breaks are sometimes ad-hoc meetings or brainstorming sessions. You get a few people together and talk about work stuff. I found these to be so valuable that even after I quit smoking, I'd still take "fresh air breaks" with others just for this very reason. It's like a forced elevator conversation or something like that :-)