That used to be true, but it has changed a bit over the years. One day in 2004, some team from Microsoft was supposed to visit for a long meeting. The Microsoft

That used to be true, but it has changed a bit over the years. One day in 2004, some team from Microsoft was supposed to visit for a long meeting. The Microsofties knew that they weren't going to get lunch at Amazon, so they ordered their own catered lunch to be delivered to the meeting room. Then they had to cancel for some reason, but the food was still delivered. Word got out and the Amazon employees on the 8th floor descended on the food like a swarm of locusts. They had never experienced free food at work before, nor would they ever experience it again. Except for the time Steve Raichle showed up to promote his book, and set up some kind of barbeque equipment on the lawn behind the PacMed building, handing out free barbeque. People waited in line for more than 30 minutes, again because the concept of free food at work was totally unheard of.