Lin drew inspiration from her own experiences seeing publishing company colleagues coming together for occasional group-buys of chicken cutlets for afternoon tea and how this would liven up the otherwise dour faces of her workaday workmates.
創作靈感則來自於她為求效率、每天主動到出版社報到畫畫，又三不五時看見同事發起午茶雞排團購，而原本一臉沉悶的上班族，也會因雞排具有的「神奇」力量，秀出心花怒放的滿足神情。