Getting workers back to the office set to divide the City Bosses want to get staff back to their desks, but lawyers say forcing them back to the 'old normal' may lead to legal action Credit: shomos uddin/Getty/Moment RF The office canteen typically has more of a reputation for cheap meals and functional furniture than glamour and intrigue. But after a rainy spring when indoor mixing was banned, dining halls are proving an irresistible draw for City bankers. Rarely has a work café been described as “buzzy”, but that’s how an executive at one Canary Wharf-based lender says he feels as more and more people return to their old lives.