“职工食堂”是个总能令人回味的话题。著名作家叶延滨曾经说过,食堂是中国城市的一种生活方式,在中国城市,有庞大的食堂阶层。虽然社会构成里,有各种各样的单位,但也并不是每一个单位都有一个好的食堂。除了学校,凡是有食堂的单位,必然是政府、事业机构,或者大型企业。听到某人说起单位食堂,别人必然会羡慕,因为那代表了一种社会身份。食堂里有形形色色的故事,单位的人在食堂里吃饭,会间接讨论工作, “Staff canteen ” is always a memorable topic. The famous writer Ye Yanbin once said that canteen is a kind of lifestyle in Chinese cities. In Chinese cities, there is a huge canteen class. Although there are various kinds of units in the social structure, not every unit has a good canteen. In addition to schools, those who have canteen units must be the government, institutions, or large enterprises. Heard of someone talking about the unit canteen, others are bound to envy, because that represents a social identity. The canteen has all kinds of stories, the units of people eat in the canteen, will discuss the work indirectly,