Okay, I don't want to pick on anyone here. I promise to TRY to be nice.

When you're at work and you see someone eating something, whether it's at their desk or in the breakroom/cafeteria, do you feel compelled to stop and comment about what they're eating? Do you ask them what they're eating, if they made it, where they bought it?

Do you often do this? Is it only with co-workers you know, or do you need to survey everyone you work with when they're eating?

I'm asking because whenever I make something at work, SOMEONE crawls out of the woodwork and has some precious comment prepared, and I'm like "who the hell are YOU, and who made you an iron chef judge?!?!"

i don't understand this behavior. when someone's eating their dinner, i assume they're taking a break and they want to be left alone. especially if i don't know them.

I WANT TO EAT MY FOOD, NOT TALK ABOUT IT!!!


oooh.

anyway. are you a food-talker at work? why do you do it? WHY????

show them your junk and they'll leave you alone

Dance said:

they will NOT. they'll be all "is that parmesan cheese or just regular fromunda? i like garlic feta best." WELL WHOOP DE DOO FOR YOUR FREAKIN CHEESE TASTES

Anxiety said:

hey anxiety. what did you have to eat at work today?

i think people do it because food is one of those things that most everybody loves and they are trying to make conversation.

i tend not to comment on people's food unless it smells amazingly delicious.

crazyhorse said:

tokyo.

JasmineFire said:

yeah, i guess. it's just that i really don't care what other people are eating unless they're offering some of it to me. their food is theirs. my food is mine. if i know you or if we interact regularly, then hey. sure. now and then, "what are you eating?" is natural. but this progression of schmoehawks getting all up in my microwave tofu pot pies is getting tired.

Anxiety said:

No, I mean flash them.

You'll never have to worry about them asking you anything.

I'm glad you save up all your food talk for the org and not your coworkers.

Dance said:

that's what i mean. they'd start analyzing my bits like it was a box of lean cuisine.

CarrieMpls said:

my co-workers wouldn't understand the subtleties of gobi, rainbow twizzlers and strawberry whoppers the way org people do.

Ooh I hate that. I don't eat lunch and my frickin' co-workers order lunch in and then all eat it at the conference table in our office and have gossip central. It's so fucking annoying because 1. I'm trying to work and 2. several of them have very bad table manners. Obnoxious.

And yes, I agree with you. I'm on my lunch *break* meaning I want a break to sit quietly and not talk to your ass.

Anxiety said:

Don't worry Anx. You aren't the only one w/co workers that have conservative palates .

MsLegs said:

i just wanna eat my dinner without feeling like the dude in slaugherhouse five!

Anxiety said:

I hear ya.

Anxiety said:

especially if they smell amazingly good.

It's annoying I don't do it myself, but I can't say that I'm super annoyed when it happens to me. If they make a quick comment, it's fine. However, if they wanna carry on conversation that irks the fuck outta me. BITCH, don't you see I'm eating??!!! Some people really do consider work a social situation & take shit too far

yeah I hate it too. I actually use 'lunch time' as alone time. I just want to taste my food and think.
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i had a guy who told me my salad smelled of feet.

PricelessHo said:

what was in the salad?

Christopher said:

caeser salad?

I want to spend my lunch break alone, not thinking about anything, not communicating with anyone, just not existing for that half hour.


It never fails. Someone always comes along and sits beside me. And it's usually someone I've just spent the whole morning working with. I DON'T WANT TO SEE YOU. I DON'T WANT TO TALK TO YOU. And everyone always has a comment on what I'm eating. I have the same thing every day. Right now, it's two mini-bags of crunchy Cheetos. "Wow, got your Cheetos today!" When it was Fig Newtons, it was "You're going to turn into a Fig Newton if you're not careful!"

I really just want to be left alone and sit there and eat my really crap lunch that I've got because I don't want to think about what I'm eating or anything else, including you and how I want to smash your face in if I have to work with you for 8 to 10 hours in a row AND spend my lunch break with you too.


I feel your pain, Anx.

Christopher said:

parmesan lol

PricelessHo said:

hmmmmm...was Dex around?

I prefer to be left alone, ESPECIALLY by people I work with. My boss was THE WORST... That greedy bitch would ask me for a taste if my lunch looked too good and if it was something she didn't like she would comment on how she didn't like it! WTF!!!! I used to deliberately buy brownies with nuts, just cuz I knew the greedy boss hated them, and one time I turned my back and that boss bitch actually took a piece of my brownie, as she simultaneously asked for a piece! She was spitting out the fucking nuts!!!!

if she didn't own the company, I woulda stabbed her in the hand with my fork a few times.....greedy boss bitch!!!
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StillGotIt said:

I think I just crack another rib!

PricelessHo said:

kraft? lawd

Christopher said:

no it was freshly sliced

and i was eating in the balchony (as usual) coz i hate when the room smells of food, but even there i wouldn't be left alone
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PricelessHo said:

haha feet!

fresh is tasty.....maybe next time eat it in the bathroom or somethin


jk lol

Christopher said:

yep would do that,, if i wanted to lose weight

I may be wrong but I think that's an American thing and not only about food.

"Nice shades. Where did you buy them? Are they polarized?"

Say whaa? Listen, I can talk to you if you want conversation but don't expect me to comment on your jeans and how well they fit you