September 1978 Issue [In Our Time] Modern etiquette II Adjust Share The coffee break by Tom Wolfe, This article is only available as a PDF to subscribers. Download PDF Tags 20th century Humor Marijuana Smoking in the workplace United States More from Tom Wolfe The Origins of Speech In the beginning was Chomsky In the land of the rococo Marxists Why no one is celebrating the second American century Stalking the billion-footed beast A literary manifesto for the new social novel Adjust Share