Particularly when at work:


"Oh, that looks good!"

"What is that, cabbage?"

"That smells really spicy, I don't think I could eat that."

"Is that what you vegetarian people eat?"

SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP


I DIDN'T COOK IT FOR *YOU*!!!

When I am eating, I am putting food in my mouth and chewing it. That means I am not talking. My food is not an art installation. I am not looking for feedback or constructive criticism. MORE EATING, LESS TALKING.

Sheesh.

Are YOU a food-commenter? Will you stop it? PLEASE?!?




PS: Hi, everyone!

first

how about people that say "Ooooo, that looks good!" and then actually grab some?!?!



I will get state pen real quick and fuck someone up!!!!

um, i, too, hate when people do that

go get your own food, ya weirdo. stop drooling on my desk. and no - unless you are a very close personal friend do NOT ask for a bite of my sandwich. thank you. that is all

jerseykrs said:

!

Ooh, someone else who feels the same. I hate the 'that looks good' brigade. Why should they give a fuck? Next time I watch them eating, I'll say 'Eurgh, that looks like shit!' and see how they react to that.

jerseykrs said:

oh, that does NOT fly. there are maybe two or three people on this planet who can get away with that shit, and it's only because i'll do the same thing with their food.

I hate how the waitress always comes to ask you how it is, rite when you have a whompin' mouthfull.

Haystack said:

i never think to point out someone else's food to them. it'd be like walking into a bathroom stall while someone's wiping and saying, "hey, check out that floater - it's as big as a slinky!"

NOT MY BUSINESS

Anx said:

you should see my kids after they try and touch my food. Where's my hanger?!?!

jerseykrs said:

LOL damn

even better, when people go "OMG, this tastes HORRIBLE! Here, taste it!"



I mean, WTF?!?!?

SureThing said:

why do they do that? i think it's on purpose. they have a bad day so they take it out by way of subtle psychological torture.

Haystack said:

I am soooo with you.

I think it's worse when you're a known veggie. It somehow legitimizes treating your eating habits like some fucking museum exhibit. "ooh, what strange and exotic meatless concoction do you have today??"

"Cheese pizza."

"Well, la-dee-dah, Crunchy McGranola!"

SureThing said:

you talking about a whompin' mouthfull is just totally hawt!

"My food is not an art installation" Hah! that's funny I hate that too.

People get that same look my cat gets. They start sniffing sround my lunch "ooh that looks good!"

It's chicken & rice. Get over it!

Anx said:

Or like walking into a sex-dungeon and saying 'Ooh, that anal fisting wouldn't do for me, far too painful-looking!'

Yo, this one time at burger king, my soda was all the fizzy stuff with no soda mixed in.







Okay, just wanted to tell ya.

FunkMistress said:

followed by their personal manifesto about "you know, i would like to quit eating meat, but blah blah blah bla*I DON'T CARE*

SureThing said:

fo' shizzle????

Anx said:

WHY? WHY do they do that?



yes, jersey, that's the emoticon I was looking for earlier. Fuck.

NDRU said:

i mean, what am i *SUPPOSED* to say to these people? what response are they looking for when they start adjudicating my lunch? i don't understand what it is these people want from me.

SureThing said:

eww, that's happened to me before. it tastes like alka seltzer or perrier or something.

and alka seltzer/perrier makes me gag.
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In my family it is popular to get incredulous whenever I eat something I didn't like as a child.

"Oh my god! I thought you HATED potato salad!"

"Since when did you eat onions? Are you okay?"

Any time I break from the tastes I had when I was five, it gets questioned. It is extremely obnoxious.

FunkMistress said:

!!

How about having the cashier that is ringing up your food stop and look at your food and ask waht is this and where did you get it? Does it tast good? Do the veggie burgers really taste good? do you miss eating meat?

JUST RING UP MY FOOD FOOL!!!!!

Jiminy said:

OOOH, it BURNS MY BUTT when a cashier looks at my food and says "is this good?"

i wanna be like, NO IT SUCKS, I HAVE BIZARRO TASTE BUDS.

Anx said:

I think they just want confirmation that it's as good as it smells/looks. "yep, it's good" seems to end the conversation most of the time for me.

The thing that gets me is they act like eating isn't something we all do several times a day. They treat it like I just rolled up in a new Hummer.

NDRU said:

my instinct is to respond, "DON'T THINK YOU'RE GETTING A CRUMB OF IT", but i refrain.

Anx said:

I know what you mean. I am a plus size girl who has become a vegetarian about 3 months ago, and the looks I get are crazy. You don't look like a vegetarian. Have you lost any weight? Maybe you are doing too many carbs.

I wanna snatch some hair off of their heads. My hair, skin and nails and just all of my insides feel so much better now and the weight is coming off...but it just makes me want to vomit when people say that to me.