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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.
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My office mate (who just left on Friday) used to bake cookies and bring them in on Monday. I’ve taken over that responsibility, and will be making brownies tonight to bring tomorrow. Believe me - neither of us is maternal at all.
Heh. Well, I’m not one of them. I have self-restraint. Well, that, and Becks on NADS sent me some UK chocolates, and Wine Gums and Jelly Babies a little bit back.
Holy Shit! I didn’t realize so many people were going to be taking you up on your offer. If you have too many to send out you can cancel my request. Irish treats would be a delight but I certianly don’t need them so badly as to cause such a commotion for you.
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Holy Shit! I didn’t realize so many people were going to be taking you up on your offer. If you have too many to send out you can cancel my request. Irish treats would be a delight but I certianly don’t need them so badly as to cause such a commotion for you.
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I second this. I feel bad now. I’ll go back to my Nonpareils.
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PS Leave the shit on my desk alone! If you don’t want any then don’t come in my space!
ARGH!
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IMO this is beyond. Ppl leave things like purses, car keys, etc. in their personal workspace. You have every right to expect people to stay “hands off” in this area. A person who reaches into this area should expect to pull back a stump. I wouldn’t let this go without reporting it.
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Holy Shit! I didn’t realize so many people were going to be taking you up on your offer. If you have too many to send out you can cancel my request. Irish treats would be a delight but I certianly don’t need them so badly as to cause such a commotion for you.
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Yay, my first whoosh that worked! I only got a few. Getting the choccies today and will be sending them out today or tomorrow.
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You realize, of course, that you’re setting yourself up for a whole slew of PM’s from people begging for Irish Chocolates, right?
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Maybe “Irish Chocolates” means something else over there? :eek:
And while I was appalled by the OP, I am coming around to the idea of badly-played joke. I would never do that (I hope) but I could see myself doing something goofy like that and then backpedalling into “for the sake of the clients” when the target got mad. :o Usually though I think of the ramifications and don’t pull anything.
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I’m not going to PM you, but recomendations for commercial brands might come in handy
One of our possible plane routes is via Dublin.
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Cadbury’s Flakes are really nice. Irish Cadbury branded stuff tastes different to the UK stuff IMHO.
Butler’s Chocolates and Gallagher’s Chocolates are delicious too but a bit expensive.
They should all be available in the departure lounge in Dublin Airport. If you have a layover for a number of hours, come and visit. I only live a mile from the airport lol.
I get a handle on over-eating and some crisis comes up that gets me nervous and the only way to calm back down is with my drug of choice–food. Generally, this takes the form of eating another helping of regular food, not junk food;or if junk food, salty stuff eaten in front of the tube, not sweets.
In fact, when it comes to sweets, I’m selective in my tastes. If it’s just ordinary Hershey’s kisses or just ordinary Hostess donuts,ordinary boxed cookies, stuff from grocery store “bakeries” made from proprietary dough,etc., I usually can resist. If someone’s Mom, Old Lady, whomever, is a good baker and really good stuff is on the table, which rarely happens other than at Christmas time, I’ll eat one or two and fight with myself over the temptation of a second/third , usually saying something to a co-worker like,“I’ve had my limit of this stuff. If you see me reaching for another, remind me of that.”
But deprive the bringer of the joy of giving and my co-workers of the joy of receiving? HELL NO!!
Sounds like you and your coworkers should consider spending more of your time at work working and less of it eating, obsessing over eating, and general grabasstic behavior. There are a good many workplaces where eating anything is acceptable only on coffee or lunchbreak and only in designated areas. When you are on company time_surprise!_the company expects you to be doing company business. Maybe all of you would get along better and get more company business done if your workplace started following that model. Probably anybody in your office who has weight problems would notice substantial weight loss progress as a little bonus. Suggest it to your boss and then get back to work.
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I did that a few times myself, and even commented once to a co-worker that she looked too damn skinny in her khakis. I’ve since realized that it is rude to comment on someone’s weight, regardless of what it might be.
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About two years ago I broke up with my SO of eight years, and within six months dropped about 40 pounds…got back to my “pre-him” weight. I don’t think this is at all unusual; don’t lots of women concentrate on themselves a bit harder when they’re newly single? I wasn’t “misery eating” anymore and it showed.
But I was accused by various people of bulimia, anorexia, using speed, and even cocaine. The guy who asked me about cocaine was very serious, and concerned, and said that it “was the wrong road to go down.”
WTF??
FTR I am no longer single and I still haven’t gained the weight back, and I still run into people occasionally who think I must be on drugs.
People are just thoughtless. Hopefully not rude intentionally. Just fucking thoughtless.
Re: the OP, it makes me very glad I don’t work in an office. Jesus Christ. Does this woman yell about birthday cake, too? “Happy birthday and all but I CAN’T HAVE ANY CAKE SO YOU CAN’T EITHER!”
If shes concerned about YOUR stuff,left in YOUR cube on YOUR desk it sounds like she not only has a problem with overeating but a problem with stealing from her colleagues as well.
As such she should be let go,its not fair to make people work alongside a potential thief.
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I understand that people are conscious about their weight or diet. I get that. Though while I may be one of those people on the days I choose to be, it doesn’t mean that I have to be consciously aware of when you are on your diet or when you aren’t. Secondly, if I bring something into my work area or treat for myself, don’t tell me where I should put it?
The story?
I work in a cube. I sometimes, okay most days, buy chocolate to keep on my desk as a sweet snack. My treat. I have no problem sharing and most often I do. Though I had a co-worker come in to my cube (while I was away on lunch), staple my candy shut and leave a post it that she things they would be better left in my drawer and out of site. Excuse me? This person will often tell me to “keep it away from her” because she likes sweets and she feels she sometimes has to much.
Then don’t come into my cube. My work space. Don’t tell me to take it off my desk and to put it in a drawer because you can’t stop yourself.
Friggin rude.
In the past I often use to bring in breakfast for everyone. Most people liked it, but because a couple couldn’t say no I was asked not to bring them in for everyone anymore.
I never did and probably never will understand that. Don’t bring food in as a treat for everyone in the office because a couple people don’t know will power.
PS Leave the shit on my desk alone! If you don’t want any then don’t come in my space!
ARGH!
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I don’t know where you work, or if you can actually get away with it, but I’d probably tell the person to go F*** themselves and not to touch my desk again. Really. Even though it was a joke, i once had a coworker mess around with things on my desk. He stopped when he found all of the keys on his keyboard in different places the next morning.
Eh. Where I work the people supervising bring in candy on a regular basis, men as well as women. I can’t speak everyone, but I do it because I’ve discovered that it buys goodwill cheaply. Those who actually take the time to bake do strike me as slightly maternalistic, though.
Well, that, and Becks on NADS sent me some UK chocolates, and Wine Gums and Jelly Babies a little bit back.
