Does anyone else hate these things as much as I? All kinds of offerings from people whose questionable hygiene and personal habits are on display every day. The office mooch, who makes 6 trips to load up on stuff people have spent lots of money and time making, when all he brought was a bag of chips. And food that sits out for hours (to say nothing of the prep conditions), so you risk food poisoning. Plus, there's way more food that can possibly be consumed, so everyone ultimately ends up taking their stuff home.

But heaven forbid you should decide to forego it - because then you look like you're stingy or not a team player.

We're having one here on Friday. I'm dreading it already.

you sound like a party POOP!

Genesia said:

Does anyone else hate these things as much as I? All kinds of offerings from people whose questionable hygiene and personal habits are on display every day. The office mooch, who makes 6 trips to load up on stuff people have spent lots of money and time making, when all he brought was a bag of chips. And food that sits out for hours (to say nothing of the prep conditions), so you risk food poisoning. Plus, there's way more food that can possibly be consumed, so everyone ultimately ends up taking their stuff home.

But heaven forbid you should decide to forego it - because then you look like you're stingy or not a team player.

We're having one here on Friday. I'm dreading it already.

So bring a dish and don't eat! Do they get the ass cause you won't eat either?

Shyra said:

Genesia said:

Does anyone else hate these things as much as I? All kinds of offerings from people whose questionable hygiene and personal habits are on display every day. The office mooch, who makes 6 trips to load up on stuff people have spent lots of money and time making, when all he brought was a bag of chips. And food that sits out for hours (to say nothing of the prep conditions), so you risk food poisoning. Plus, there's way more food that can possibly be consumed, so everyone ultimately ends up taking their stuff home.

But heaven forbid you should decide to forego it - because then you look like you're stingy or not a team player.

We're having one here on Friday. I'm dreading it already.

So bring a dish and don't eat! Do they get the ass cause you won't eat either?

I'm not big on them either.

There are just some people whose cooking I would never eat!

And OMG! I hate the coworkers who bring in 1/2 a cake or dish that was left over from a weekend party. So after your guests have finished picking over it, you brought it in for us to scavenge?

I agree with Shyra: I usually contribute, but rarely partake (unless it's store-bought or I know the person who made it well enough).

Oh come on...how bad could it be?

Listen...I couldn't make anything for the pot luck we had once, so I went out and bought an apple pie, a gallon of vanilla ice cream, and some whipped cream.

Minimal expense and they were very pleased.

Genesia said:

When they are offended you won't eat their dish.

I never participate.

In my last position I was lucky enough to be on a team of people who basically felt the same way as I did. So we all didn’t participate in the department-wide potlucks and ALL looked like the meanies. But my manager didn’t care so the rest of us didn’t either. Heh.

They don’t seem to have them in my current position. And I love that.

For me, a pot luck never works out unless it’s with my friends as being a vegetarian you’re usually lucky to be able to sample a quarter of what other people bring – and that’s usually only raw fruit and veggie trays and various bags of chips and pre-packaged cookies. Not exactly a satisfying, well-balanced meal.

PurpleJedi said:

Oh come on...how bad could it be?

Listen...I couldn't make anything for the pot luck we had once, so I went out and bought an apple pie, a gallon of vanilla ice cream, and some whipped cream.

Minimal expense and they were very pleased.

C'mon by here and lemme introduce you to Mr. Piggy (the guy who sits next to me). You'll see.

CarrieMpls said:

I never participate.

In my last position I was lucky enough to be on a team of people who basically felt the same way as I did. So we all didn’t participate in the department-wide potlucks and ALL looked like the meanies. But my manager didn’t care so the rest of us didn’t either. Heh.

They don’t seem to have them in my current position. And I love that.

For me, a pot luck never works out unless it’s with my friends as being a vegetarian you’re usually lucky to be able to sample a quarter of what other people bring – and that’s usually only raw fruit and veggie trays and various bags of chips and pre-packaged cookies. Not exactly a satisfying, well-balanced meal.

I only eat at potlucks and covered passing dish events with close friends and family ~ Most all of which I have cooked WITH so I know their styles

Genesia said:

PurpleJedi said:

Oh come on...how bad could it be?

Listen...I couldn't make anything for the pot luck we had once, so I went out and bought an apple pie, a gallon of vanilla ice cream, and some whipped cream.

Minimal expense and they were very pleased.

C'mon by here and lemme introduce you to Mr. Piggy (the guy who sits next to me). You'll see.

Listen...we had a very nice lady here in the office bake a cake once. After my second bite, I found a DOG HAIR in it!

Just pick-&-choose whose dishes you eat!!!

(Our office is very small so that's no prob...I don't know about larger offices...)

CarrieMpls said:

I never participate.

In my last position I was lucky enough to be on a team of people who basically felt the same way as I did. So we all didn’t participate in the department-wide potlucks and ALL looked like the meanies. But my manager didn’t care so the rest of us didn’t either. Heh.

They don’t seem to have them in my current position. And I love that.

For me, a pot luck never works out unless it’s with my friends as being a vegetarian you’re usually lucky to be able to sample a quarter of what other people bring – and that’s usually only raw fruit and veggie trays and various bags of chips and pre-packaged cookies. Not exactly a satisfying, well-balanced meal.

This one's supposed to be a "tailgate" - and people have been told to bring "finger foods."

I'm going to make a double batch of curry popcorn and call it done.

In my place people usually buy stuff rather than bringing in home-made, so it's fairly safe, and they're a bunch of greedy bastards of ever-expanding girth, so there's not usually much left over.

It's supposed to be a Friday thing, but people also bring in stuff if it's their birthday, or it's someone else's birthday, or they've been away on holiday, or for no reason at all.

I don't participate and people think I'm weird (particularly because the goodies are right beside my desk and I never eat any) because I can't abide muffins and can quite happily survive for months without chocolate or soap-flavoured chewy sweets, and otherwise have no inclination to constantly stuff my face with sugary fatty crap and would rather eat a banana.

Whatever about Friday's and birthdays (seems to be a tradition in a lot of places) the one I really don't get is bringing stuff in when you get back from holiday. Maybe 30 years ago it would've made sense, when you could actually bring in something different that they wouldn't often see.

But these days, it's 'Here, have some perfectly ordinary Dime bars which I pointlessly transported all the way from Rome, they're not Roman Dime bars, they're just Dime bars, the same as you'd get anywhere else, with the exception that they probably would've cost me less if I'd bought them in the shop around the corner rather than the outragiously over-priced duty-free shop.'

So yes, I guess I probably hate these things as much as you, but mainly because of the constant

'ooh these are lovely, try one'

'no thanks'

'oh go on, they're really delicious'

'no thanks'

'what's wrong with you, are you on a diet? you don't look like you need to diet'

'no I'm not on a diet, I don't need to diet, and the reason I don't need to diet is because I eat proper food so I have no requirement to eat crap inbetween meals'

'oh. aren't you tempted though? just one chocolate?'

'no thanks'

'weirdo'

crap that I have to put up with.

It is kinda gross to see how other people cook/eat, isn't it.

We often go to walmart, get a box of DeliMex Taquitos from the frozen section, and deliver them cooked and in a warmer dish. And they are hugely popular. An easy $6

PurpleJedi said:

My Mom owned a dry cleaners. If there is fur in your purse/pockets, it's in your canned goods! :talktothehand:

Hershe said:

PurpleJedi said:

Listen...we had a very nice lady here in the office bake a cake once. After my second bite, I found a DOG HAIR in it!

Just pick-&-choose whose dishes you eat!!!

(Our office is very small so that's no prob...I don't know about larger offices...)

My Mom owned a dry cleaners. If there is fur in your purse/pockets, it's in your canned goods! :talktothehand:

Needless to say, I NEVER tried any of her baked goods EVER again!!!

AsylumUtopia said:

In my place people usually buy stuff rather than bringing in home-made, so it's fairly safe, and they're a bunch of greedy bastards of ever-expanding girth, so there's not usually much left over.

It's supposed to be a Friday thing, but people also bring in stuff if it's their birthday, or it's someone else's birthday, or they've been away on holiday, or for no reason at all.

I don't participate and people think I'm weird (particularly because the goodies are right beside my desk and I never eat any) because I can't abide muffins and can quite happily survive for months without chocolate or soap-flavoured chewy sweets, and otherwise have no inclination to constantly stuff my face with sugary fatty crap and would rather eat a banana.

Whatever about Friday's and birthdays (seems to be a tradition in a lot of places) the one I really don't get is bringing stuff in when you get back from holiday. Maybe 30 years ago it would've made sense, when you could actually bring in something different that they wouldn't often see.

But these days, it's 'Here, have some perfectly ordinary Dime bars which I pointlessly transported all the way from Rome, they're not Roman Dime bars, they're just Dime bars, the same as you'd get anywhere else, with the exception that they probably would've cost me less if I'd bought them in the shop around the corner rather than the outragiously over-priced duty-free shop.'

So yes, I guess I probably hate these things as much as you, but mainly because of the constant

'ooh these are lovely, try one'

'no thanks'

'oh go on, they're really delicious'

'no thanks'

'what's wrong with you, are you on a diet? you don't look like you need to diet'

'no I'm not on a diet, I don't need to diet, and the reason I don't need to diet is because I eat proper food so I have no requirement to eat crap inbetween meals'

'oh. aren't you tempted though? just one chocolate?'

'no thanks'

'weirdo'

crap that I have to put up with.

We don't really have any food pushers here, which is nice.

There was a time, though, when a co-worker brought in something called a "Better Than Sex" cake. And she'd made it fat free! All I could think was...if you think that mess is better than sex, you must be having some truly hideous sex.

Anyway...so no problem that she brought a cake to share. It's a nice gesture. But she cut it up and brought a piece to each person's desk - whether they'd asked for it or not! She sat right across from me, so I moved it to a spot where she couldn't see it, covered it with a piece of paper towel...and tossed it after she went home.

They can be a pain in the ass, but don't have to be a big deal.

Bring what you want. Partake of what you want.

Play nice with the other kiddies.

No big.

Genesia said:

AsylumUtopia said:

In my place people usually buy stuff rather than bringing in home-made, so it's fairly safe, and they're a bunch of greedy bastards of ever-expanding girth, so there's not usually much left over.

It's supposed to be a Friday thing, but people also bring in stuff if it's their birthday, or it's someone else's birthday, or they've been away on holiday, or for no reason at all.

I don't participate and people think I'm weird (particularly because the goodies are right beside my desk and I never eat any) because I can't abide muffins and can quite happily survive for months without chocolate or soap-flavoured chewy sweets, and otherwise have no inclination to constantly stuff my face with sugary fatty crap and would rather eat a banana.

Whatever about Friday's and birthdays (seems to be a tradition in a lot of places) the one I really don't get is bringing stuff in when you get back from holiday. Maybe 30 years ago it would've made sense, when you could actually bring in something different that they wouldn't often see.

But these days, it's 'Here, have some perfectly ordinary Dime bars which I pointlessly transported all the way from Rome, they're not Roman Dime bars, they're just Dime bars, the same as you'd get anywhere else, with the exception that they probably would've cost me less if I'd bought them in the shop around the corner rather than the outragiously over-priced duty-free shop.'

So yes, I guess I probably hate these things as much as you, but mainly because of the constant

'ooh these are lovely, try one'

'no thanks'

'oh go on, they're really delicious'

'no thanks'

'what's wrong with you, are you on a diet? you don't look like you need to diet'

'no I'm not on a diet, I don't need to diet, and the reason I don't need to diet is because I eat proper food so I have no requirement to eat crap inbetween meals'

'oh. aren't you tempted though? just one chocolate?'

'no thanks'

'weirdo'

crap that I have to put up with.

We don't really have any food pushers here, which is nice.

There was a time, though, when a co-worker brought in something called a "Better Than Sex" cake. And she'd made it fat free! All I could think was...if you think that mess is better than sex, you must be having some truly hideous sex.

Anyway...so no problem that she brought a cake to share. It's a nice gesture. But she cut it up and brought a piece to each person's desk - whether they'd asked for it or not! She sat right across from me, so I moved it to a spot where she couldn't see it, covered it with a piece of paper towel...and tossed it after she went home.

Damn...you couldn't have at least taken ONE BITE?!?!

PurpleJedi said:

Genesia said:

We don't really have any food pushers here, which is nice.

There was a time, though, when a co-worker brought in something called a "Better Than Sex" cake. And she'd made it fat free! All I could think was...if you think that mess is better than sex, you must be having some truly hideous sex.

Anyway...so no problem that she brought a cake to share. It's a nice gesture. But she cut it up and brought a piece to each person's desk - whether they'd asked for it or not! She sat right across from me, so I moved it to a spot where she couldn't see it, covered it with a piece of paper towel...and tossed it after she went home.

Damn...you couldn't have at least taken ONE BITE?!?!

Y'know...I am really not a picky eater. But we all have our limits - and Fat Free Cool Whip is mine.

[Edited 10/4/10 12:08pm]

geesh!

maybe it's cause I'm from a small town...

maybe it's cause I've worked at the same company for 13 years....

maybe it's cause we don't have them very often.....

but I have none of the issues everyone else seems to have with potlucks.

yall sound like a bunch of fuckin' snobs if ya ask me!

Shorty said:

geesh!

maybe it's cause I'm from a small town...

maybe it's cause I've worked at the same company for 13 years....

maybe it's cause we don't have them very often.....

but I have none of the issues everyone else seems to have with potlucks.

yall sound like a bunch of fuckin' snobs if ya ask me!

Yes, you've made your opinion abundantly clear - particularly as it regards me. So

Genesia said:

PurpleJedi said:

Damn...you couldn't have at least taken ONE BITE?!?!

Y'know...I am really not a picky eater. But we all have our limits - and Fat Free Cool Whip is mine.

Cool Whip is bad enough (hydrogenized pseudo-food)...the fat-free stuff must be one molecule shy of styrofoam!!!

PurpleJedi said:

Genesia said:

We don't really have any food pushers here, which is nice.

There was a time, though, when a co-worker brought in something called a "Better Than Sex" cake. And she'd made it fat free! All I could think was...if you think that mess is better than sex, you must be having some truly hideous sex.

Anyway...so no problem that she brought a cake to share. It's a nice gesture. But she cut it up and brought a piece to each person's desk - whether they'd asked for it or not! She sat right across from me, so I moved it to a spot where she couldn't see it, covered it with a piece of paper towel...and tossed it after she went home.

Damn...you couldn't have at least taken ONE BITE?!?!

At the very least, I would have been curious to see how bad her sex life was.

PurpleJedi said:

Genesia said:

Y'know...I am really not a picky eater. But we all have our limits - and Fat Free Cool Whip is mine.

Cool Whip is bad enough (hydrogenized pseudo-food)...the fat-free stuff must be one molecule shy of styrofoam!!!

You get me.

Shorty said:

but I have none of the issues everyone else seems to have with potlucks.

yall sound like a bunch of fuckin' snobs if ya ask me!

HEY! Not ALL of us have a problem with potlucks!!!

...I just have aproblem with canine folicles in my chocolate cake!

Genesia said:

Shorty said:

geesh!

maybe it's cause I'm from a small town...

maybe it's cause I've worked at the same company for 13 years....

maybe it's cause we don't have them very often.....

but I have none of the issues everyone else seems to have with potlucks.

yall sound like a bunch of fuckin' snobs if ya ask me!

Yes, you've made your opinion abundantly clear - particularly as it regards me. So

rreooww! I only said you sounded like a party poop...take it easy...it's not like I said you sounded like an axe murder. HI!

sextonseven said:

PurpleJedi said:

Damn...you couldn't have at least taken ONE BITE?!?!

At the very least, I would have been curious to see how bad her sex life was.

x 1,000

PurpleJedi said:

Shorty said:

but I have none of the issues everyone else seems to have with potlucks.

yall sound like a bunch of fuckin' snobs if ya ask me!

HEY! Not ALL of us have a problem with potlucks!!!

...I just have aproblem with canine folicles in my chocolate cake!

ok cept you.