Too Early For Lunch?

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Greetings,

Long time WP member here, had to re-register after losing both my password, and former email address associated with my account.

This has been bugging me for a looong time. How early do you consider too early to be eating lunch, or specifically, the foods associated with lunch (U.S. Perspective)?

My work schedule is 5am to 1pm, I wake up around 3:30am and have breakfast around 4. If the traditional wake up time is 6-7am and lunchtime is between 11-12, then it would seem logical for me to eat lunch 2.5-3.5 hours earlier than everyone else.

What I am faced with is this: I usually get take out for lunch. As much as I detest McDonalds, I use them as an example. They recently began offering all day breakfast. Why not all day lunch? Why can't I walk into McDonalds, or any take out place for that matter, and get a hamburger at 8:30 or 9:00am?

Why does our culture find it taboo to eat lunch/dinner foods at typical breakfast times? I get the strangest looks when I ask at a restaurant if I'm too early for lunch. Eating breakfast for dinner does not carry the same taboo.

I also get funny looks from people when I'm ready for dinner at 4pm. It's as if people think there's something wrong with me for not adhering to "their" idea of proper mealtimes. I think its only logical. If your day begins three hours before everyone elses, then all your daily activities should occur three hours earlier. I get even stranger looks when I'm ready for bed at 7:30/8pm, but thats another discussion.

Thoughts?