Hey, I could always use more chocolate. You offering? 
I’ve noticed this, too. Also, in my office, the women who bring in food the most frequently seem to serve as surrogate mothers to everyone, whether you want them to or not. I don’t mind it, but it’s almost as though our professional environment is so competitive that if you do anything other than bring in food on a special occasion, you’re viewed as too maternal and therefore somehow weaker, whether that’s actually the case or not. The men around here NEVER bring in food unless they’ve required people to be at a meeting before 8 a.m. It’s very weird and seems to really encourage certain stereotypes.
I wanna work where y’all work. We haven’t had anybody bring food in since April. I could do with a doughnut, this afternoon.
I had a cake on my birthday! Chocolate, too. 
I gave it out to people in the department and they descended on it like rabid weasels.
(My friend brought it over as a surprise. It was actually kind of embarrassing. I guess somewhere inside me still is that kid who hates being singled out…)
Did they sing? It’s so much worse when they sing?
::shudder::
So… He was bellyachin’?
That could well help explain it. I work in the technical side of IT in a software company; most of my co-workers are college educated software engineers / programmers, and the majority are male. Some do bring in treats on occasion; one brought in a birthday cake this morning, offered me some (“There’s a couple of slices of the caramel cake left if you’re quick”), I thanked him, considered my waistline, and left it at that. No fuss, no questions.
When food is brought in for a team team treat (as happens after a system testing “crash party”), or at a company event (like the “Mid-Winter Christmas” lunch the company sprung for a month back) the management ensures that there are vegetarian options (which largely helps cover halal and kosher too).
We’ve had pot-luck lunches too – with people **encouraged **to bring in ethnic/cultural dishes… (I brought a haggis to one) 
… I’ve had some truly excellent curries that way. (drool )
I guess I’ve been lucky as I’ve never seen/experienced any derision over anyone’s lunch choices / dietary restrictions / dieting / whatever.
Let’s see here. The Filipinos in my department always comment on my lunch (and if I decline their food, they do get offended–not all of them. One does not. The other 3 do). There is a white nurse who not only comments on everyone’s food, she provides for us the estimated caloric and fat content of said lunch and berates us for not making better choices. There was a black nurse who used to question why I didn’t say grace prior to lunch. And the Hispanic secretary wants to know why I don’t like hot sauce.
From this (admittedly) small sample, I’d say that food issues are worldwide. I swear I’m going to eat in a closet.
Still sounds fairly US-ish behaviour to me riggers, that kind of behaviour has never happened to me in my 10+ years of being in the workplace in the UK.
my problem is worse than most i think, not cos im special or anything but basically i dont/cant eat fruit or vegitables except for potatoes. i dont think its the juice cos i can drink pure fruit juice an like it, but if i try eating the solid parts i gag an get naucious an sweaty an shake an it upsets me.
the reason its such a problem is cos people put vegetables with EVERYTHING cos their so “healthy” :(. plus ppl generally think im a freak cos of it.
oh an it doesnt bother me at all if sum1 tells me theres vegetables in sumthing im eating as long as i cant taste or feel them.
[QUOTE=it doesnt bother me at all if sum1 tells me theres vegetables in sumthing im eating as long as i cant taste or feel them.[/QUOTE]
jus to clarify, i ment as long as i cant taste or feel the vegetables in my mouth
May I sit with you at lunch? <puppy eyes>
(in fairness, I will say that this is the first nursing dept where I’ve had this issue arise. Maybe because it’s the first one where I’ve been able to have lunch regularly!)
Can I just note, completely off topic, that every time I see the thread title, “I’m Just A Girl Who Cain’t Say No” from Oklahoma! runs through my head. For hours.
:rolleyes:
Since this is the Pit, I’ll go ahead and ask: 1) How spoiled were you as a child actually and 2) lemme guess, you’re fat, right?
Why is “your problem worse” because you refuse to eat veggies?
You get what? What is “naucious”? Did you mean “nauseated”? In any case, there is nothing in fruit that isn’t also in fruit juice, except the peel and seeds. Sounds like a psychological problem if you get nauseated, sweaty and get the shakes (I think this is what you were trying to say anyway) from eating fruits and veggies.
“sum1”? “sumthing”? “ppl”? “cos”? :rolleyes: Hint: We use actual english here, not “engrish” or “txtng”.
Like you even need to ask.
Proffers a chair for Rigs to sit on
Dig in!
Ta. I’ll treat for dessert!
Just send some Flake bars. They’re like American chocolate, but with even more sugar. Damn, now I want a Flake bar.
Or you could just re-wrap some Ex-Lax in some fancy wrappers. That will help her lose weight, just a bit more…suddenly…than she may have antcipated*
No, don’t actually do this. This is a very bad idea.
And now when I skim over your post to get to the last one, I HEAR Ado Annie singing it?
Thanks a lot. :dubious: (pretend this emoticon is disgruntled)
I am taking my lunch to work today. I will avail you of any and all comments/ criticisms / compliments. (it’s baked chicken breast and rice. I’m skipping the veggies today–as an adult, I get to do that upon occasion. And I packed a candy bar for afters).
Could’ve been worse. I could have started singing “The Slurpy With The Binge…Can’t Stop!” for the OP’s compulsive co-worker.
46