Listen.
It's bad enough that we who work in the office environment must wander about like zombies, repeating mission statements and scrambling for TPS reports. It's bad enough that we spend our day in a cubicle staring at a computer screen full of numbers, codes, passwords, user ids and acronyms.

What we don't need in addition to that madness is for some mindless boob to
PUT LAST NIGHT'S FRIED FISH IN THE FRICKIN' MICROWAVE!!!
My dear madame/sir, why would you do this to your fellow man? We have to use these things, too. Do you not realize that YOU'RE SUBJECTING THE ENTIRE BREAKROOM/CAFE' AREA TO THE FUNK OF FORTY THOUSAND YEARS?
I understand that your uncle Junebug caught that fish right up outta Lake Erie just for you, but I don't care. That fried catfish, halibut, bluegill, salmon, funkified sea life was intended for the privacy of YOUR STANKIN' ABODE!

And while I'm at it, let's address the subject of popcorn. Read the fargin' instructions, please! Too many of you are just tossing your movie theater Reddenbacher into the microwave, then sauntering over to chat with an acquantaince about "Leonard and them" at the club Saturday night.
Check it every minute if you have to. A few extra kernels is far better than a bunch of cajun corn blowin' up the spot!

FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT'S SACRED, we have enough to deal with in this goofy office space. We should not have to walk over to the microwaves and sudenly wonder if there IS A SKUNK IN NEED OF PEPTO!!!
Now. I trust that all I've said has been understood. I will be monitoring your progress in the coming weeks. I will be equipped with a nosepin and your grandmamma's switch in case anybody gets amnesia.
End of rant.

I didn't even need to read your post because I KNEW, just from the title, that it would be about fish in the microwave.

minneapolisgenius said:

Thank you, honey. Only those who know the trauma can truly understand.

Uncle Junebug!

TheOrgerFormerlyKnownAs said:

Everybody in Ohio has an uncle or a cousin named Junebug. Errrrbody...

minneapolisgenius said:

Me too. I think Fish has been banned from being eaten here at the office...It just gets too stinky.

Now if they would ban Micro Popcorn...we'll have something there.
[Edited 10/4/04 13:27pm]

OdysseyMiles said:

if it's sea bass, don't re-freeze it!!!

My classroom this year is right by the teacher's room so I SO hear what you are saying....my kids play a game tryin to figure out what made those awful smells and who those awful smells belong to.

I thought about bringing a microwave to the studios where I work, so we could heat up some food during long sessions of recording.
I've decided not to, at first, because of the mess, and because too many people come in and out, and who knows if they know how to operate it, or what they'll put in.

But now that you mention the smell....I'm certainly not going to do that.

amen...that damn popcorn smell at 8 am is sickenin blaaahhh