PaisleyPark5083 said:

Someone here at work is notorious for stealing lunches. He/she has stole everyone's lunch. They dont care if its tofu or greasy fried chicken, they will eat it. We havent caught the person, he/she is still stealing lunches on a weekly basis. We kinda think its just one person because they always was the tupperware bowl and leave it on the break table.....

PaisleyPark5083 said:

That has happened here at my work as well, very rude how can you just go and take someones food

i love eating at my desk while i work, even though i'm really self-conscious about eating dinner at my desk because i'm always eating some thai/indian/whatever entree which always attracts attention, and i HATE when people want me to talk about my food while i'm eating it. it's a pet peeve.

at my last job, we weren't allowed to have any kind of solid food at our desk other than gum or mints, and we couldn't have any kind of soup either.

at my NEW job, we're encouraged to eat dinner at our desks, and on my first night, my boss ordered food for all of us and we sat at our desks eating and chatting.

it's weird to work at a place where i'm treated like a grown ass human being.

Cloudbuster said:

Imago would envy you ability to eat your own plums.
I miss my Cheeky.

Anxiety said:

Other: Whatcha eatin' there?
Self: Daal.
Other: Ooh, daal, I've never had that. Is it like a soup?
Self: Yeah.
Other: What's in it?
Self: Lentils. Onions.
Other: Oh yeah? Is it good?
Self:

PaisleyPark5083 said:

i saw these and thought they were funny... they might help

HereToRockYourWorld said:

why the hell would you eat it if it wasn't good?!?!

AS long as you're not answering the phone with your mouth full or biting your damn fork within earshot of others I say go for it

I tend to snack at my desk, but eat lunch elsewhere just to get away. Unless I'm there alone, then I do eat at my desk

I absolutely cannot eat, nor drink a cup of coffee, in the work environment. I work in pre-op, and patients haven't had anything to eat or drink, sometimes for 12 hours or more. We have a side area with a coffee pot where no one can see the staff drink.
After a lunch break, I'm sure to brush my teeth, as I don't want to even smell like food.

PaisleyPark5083 said:

That's when you put "ex-lax" in the brownies.....

I think THAT person at work is the one that goes and knits in the car for an hour while listening to talk-back

xplnyrslf said:

one of my co-workers wrote "FYI-I spit in my food" it sat in the fridge untouched for a week!

Anxiety said:

Right?! I always kinda wanna be like, "do you WANT IT?! TAKE IT!!! " and slam it in front of them and stomp away.

PaisleyPark5083 said:

or "made with breastmilk"

ZombieKitten said:

ZombieKitten said:

There's another good one! I'd use that one myself, but my lactating days are way over..

Cloudbuster said:

PaisleyPark5083 said:

oh people would have no idea you could say it was from your niece

ZombieKitten said:

"don't touch my lunch today, my niece provided some breastmilk, as an ingredient" just maybe be crazy enough to work!!

PaisleyPark5083 said:

oh i totally eat my desk. as often as permits, and if i dont...i dont feel good, because it probably means that i am eating some junk that was put on the community table for everyone to eat. i buy food for the week and make my lunch in the morning before work, its cheaper and i feel way better.

Nope. I work at a museum and I have to walk through a gallery to get to my office so that's a big The registrars and curators would freak out. Plus my office was recently renovated--it's all fancy and new--and my boss is always parading VIPs through so it would be weird if the room smelled all lunchy when they came it. Although I do have a diet Coke every morning...

I just skip eating lunch at together because the lunch room is disgusting (no one cleans up after themselves--wtf) and its usually full of the security staff, who like to talk on their break--because they can't when they're in the galleries. I have to talk to people all day so when I go to lunch I just want somewhere nice and quiet. Anyway, I've gone down 2 sizes since I stopped eating lunch.

The rest of my department is in a different building, which has collection objects (e.g. "art) on different floors and they are not supposed to eat in their offices either. But my supervisor completely ignores the rule--they order lunch in everyday and she always brings cookies and sweets to our department meetings. They have mice in their office now. I can't believe the curators let her get away with it.

CarrieMpls said:

I love Dannon Light & Fit vanilla yogurt, plus i add a 1/4 tsp. of Wheat Germ, dash of Cinnamon and Lemon zest, I straight hook it up... this is done at home not work.

We have an office with 12 people, we all have our own place. Most, eat at their desk... we all kinda meet up around 12:00-12:30. It's just a good time, for most of the hospital/patients are having lunch too.

I usually try to make my way outside somewhere, alone... the office gets rather chatty during lunch. If I am busy with office work... I find myself eating at my desk (in a rush). We are big on sanitizing clothes, hand wash, especially due to our work environment.

I usually prepare my lunch to take to work 3 times a week, so wherever and whenever I decide to have lunch, is beyond me from day to day. I rarely snack.

Having lunch in silence is gold to me.

violett said:

I hear ya, V. I avoid the communal trough as much as possible.

But, I'm guilty of consuming real "meals" at my desk, on occasion. Lunchtime often is errand time, so I'm forced to eat back in my cubicle.