# Work question: Someone you don't like brings food for everyone. Indulge?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/work-question-someone-you-dont-like-brings-food-for-everyone-indulge/667587>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 30, 2013, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/work-question-someone-you-dont-like-brings-food-for-everyone-indulge/667587 "2013-08-30T16:40:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2013, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/work-question-someone-you-dont-like-brings-food-for-everyone-indulge/667587/41 "2013-09-03T20:39:39Z")

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I’d find it hard to care about spite on this level.

I’d eat anything that seems appealing. (And not too calorific, since I’m still budgeting.)

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**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2013, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/work-question-someone-you-dont-like-brings-food-for-everyone-indulge/667587/42 "2013-09-03T20:51:10Z")

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> [@YogSosoth](#):
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> I don’t think its crazy to dislike a guy who is a terrible person and manager \<snip\>

I don’t think anyone disagrees with this.

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> some people deserve to be hated \<snip\>

Or this.

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> its fine if I take some time over little things like this to consider how it would affect him

This is the part that at least a couple of us disagree with. Granted, the fact that you posted a question on a message board about it doesn’t mean that you’re actually _obsessing_ over your potential responses to free food in real life. But it sounds that way.

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**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2013, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/work-question-someone-you-dont-like-brings-food-for-everyone-indulge/667587/43 "2013-09-03T21:56:20Z")

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> [@Bridget\_Burke](#):
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> You realize that he doesn’t give a fuck about your cunning plot against him, don’t you?
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> Take some of that energy & find yourself a work place that will appreciate your talents.

I realize that. I don’t work for him anymore, so I’m fine now.

> [@Asimovian](#):
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> This is the part that at least a couple of us disagree with. Granted, the fact that you posted a question on a message board about it doesn’t mean that you’re actually _obsessing_ over your potential responses to free food in real life. But it sounds that way.

That’s ok, I’m fine with people thinking I’m crazy

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