lunch refugee; worker who can't find time/place to eat lunch
Colloquial term for office workers who struggle to secure a seat or time for lunch, often due to crowded restaurants or heavy workload.
The number of lunch refugees is increasing in business districts.
I was a lunch refugee again today and ended up just grabbing something at the convenience store.
Compound of ランチ (lunch) and 難民 (refugee), modeled after similar terms like 買い物難民. The exact origin is uncertain, but it reflects a modern social phenomenon in Japanese urban work culture.