# Why do you insist on making rude, unsolicited comments on my lunch? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 18, 2010, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-insist-on-making-rude-unsolicited-comments-on-my-lunch/554196 "2010-09-18T17:04:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![rogerbox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/76d3ee/32.png) [@rogerbox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rogerbox)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2010, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-insist-on-making-rude-unsolicited-comments-on-my-lunch/554196/101 "2010-09-28T04:23:30Z")
> [@DiosaBellissima](#): > > > [@Broomstick](#): > > > > I see - you find it amusing to make coy references instead of answering a direct question. Gotcha. Nothing like fighting ignorance via misdirection. > > _shrug_ I mean, it was a little odd that they were being vague, but where I live, even the whitest of white people know what it is. It’s that common. I’m definitely not the whitest white person ever, and I had no idea what this is. I think you’re quite mistaken in thinking that everyone will know what that was. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2010, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-insist-on-making-rude-unsolicited-comments-on-my-lunch/554196/102 "2010-09-28T04:46:51Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > \ > Hahahahahahaha! Not that you’re wrong, but there have been so many times I’ve wanted to say that here. But I just realized people do that. It helps if you interpret each snarky reply as an attempt at a joke. That’s why I put a smiley face after all my snarky jokes. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2010, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-insist-on-making-rude-unsolicited-comments-on-my-lunch/554196/103 "2010-09-28T08:10:32Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > > [@runner pat](#): > > > > Think on it a bit, it’ll come to you.😃 > > What? Seriously - what does it mean. I don’t speak any Spanish at all so I haven’t a clue. Spelling it properly would have helped, too, it’s sesos. Of any species, and the term refers to the living tissue as well as to the deceased version. ---
**Author:** ![Lucky\_13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucky_13/32/13209_2.png) [@Lucky\_13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucky_13)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2010, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-insist-on-making-rude-unsolicited-comments-on-my-lunch/554196/104 "2010-09-28T09:33:32Z")
I work with people from all over the world, and it’s quite common at my workplace to comment on others’ food at lunchtime - hell, half the conversation involves food, anyway. You never know what you’re going to see when you walk into the break room. I’ve seen my coworkers eat everything from menudo to dolmas. I myself have been known to bring pupusas (Salvadoran tortillas stuffed with beans, cheese or pork) and the occasional bento box with rice and Japanese chicken curry. I still remember the day one lady brought in a 40 lb. jackfruit and cut it up for several people to share. I wish I’d taken pictures. The time another coworker brought balut, not so much. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2010, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-insist-on-making-rude-unsolicited-comments-on-my-lunch/554196/105 "2010-09-28T20:18:07Z")
Aaaaaaahhhhh, it happened again right when I clicked over to this thread! Mr. Horseshoe was good enough to stop at [Kuby’s](http://www.kubys.com/)and pick up some of their delicious Italian bread. I brought a slice back with me after lunch to enjoy at my desk as a little snack. That’s right. A slice of bread. No, I don’t want anything on it. I’m enjoying _the bread itself_, because it’s good bread. I got two bites into it before I hear “OMG, are you just having a slice of bread??!!?11??” behind me. Argh! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-you-insist-on-making-rude-unsolicited-comments-on-my-lunch/554196.md?page=5)