# Workplace griping, anyone? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 12, 2010, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workplace-griping-anyone/560401 "2010-11-12T06:39:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 1162
**Author:** ![flatlined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workplace-griping-anyone/560401/1162 "2011-04-29T05:20:01Z")
You are totally right. I wouldn’t be upset if I had been assigned a dish a week ago. I’d even use her recipe. Potlucks are good, I’ve had some amazing food at them, but communal meals are good too. I’ve always enjoyed them. Its the “that sounds great” emails she sends after we make our suggestions and the last minute changes that tick me off. > [@Lynn\_Bodoni](#): > > but she needs to understand what potluck means. It means that Shredder Guy digs into the office fridge, steals someone’s leftovers, and presents them as his contribution. Or he brings in a box of Shredded Wheat crackers. And then he proceeds to make a pig of himself. Do you work with me :dubious: Shredder Guy always says he will bring the paper plates, plastic forks, etc. He used to get them out of the our break room, but I haven’t restocked since the last potluck, so he showed up with the chipped dishes and bent forks that every work place has. When I mentioned that I expected _him_ to wash them, he went to a different department and got their paper and plastic. After he was done pigging out, he offered to clean up. Which meant he took one of the cakes to the department he had gotten the paper and plastic from. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/workplace-griping-anyone/560401)._