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Sometimes with these employee potlucks and when people bring things in to share, there is pressure to participate as well as hurt feelings when someone chooses not to.
Sometimes with these employee potlucks and when people bring things in to share, there is pressure to participate as well as hurt feelings when someone chooses not to.
Sometimes with these employee potlucks and when people bring things in to share, there is pressure to participate as well as hurt feelings when someone chooses not to.
If this thread is indicative of the way Ron treats his co-workers, then I'm guessing he has bigger intra-office problems than his (non-)participation in office potlucks.
If this thread is indicative of the way Ron treats his co-workers, then I'm guessing he has bigger intra-office problems than his (non-)participation in office potlucks.
I haven't seen enough of Ron's posts to have a sense of how he treats his co workers. It isn't clear from this thread whether he actually tells them to their faces that their brownies are sub-standard or whether he's just venting here (and venting about this is completely understandable to me).
But this thread struck a cord with me. I've worked in environments where simply and politely declining to participate in these activities created resentment among those who enjoyed them. In some cases it seemed to be expected and I felt pushed.
LOL............go back under your rock. I can talk about anything i choose to discuss. There are tons of topics on this forum that I choose not to answer. Why don't you do the same?
You're complaining about people being kind enough to prepare food for others to eat. That makes you sound like as a nasty, petulant person who wants the world to stop what it's doing so as not to offend his tender sensibilities.
Your response to me is more of the same. The bottom line is if you don't want to eat something, then don't eat it. No one is going to stop bringing their cupcakes etc. to the office because you want to be an ungracious snot.
You're complaining about people being kind enough to prepare food for others to eat. That makes you sound like as a nasty, petulant person who wants the world to stop what they are doing so as not to offend his tender sensibilities.
Your response to me is more of the same. The bottom line is if you don't want to eat something, then don't eat it. No one is going to stop bringing their cupcakes etc. to the office because you want to be an ungracious snot.
That depends on his co-workers' response to his disinterest in sharing their food. I've seen a few of them with the attitude that if you don't participate, you're...well, an "ungracious snot".
That depends on his co-workers' response to his disinterest in sharing their food. I've seen a few of them with the attitude that if you don't participate, you're...well, an "ungracious snot".
A simple "no thanks" will suffice. He is whining about what the food looks like. He also pointed out that no one touched some of it. That would be enough of a hint for the person who brought it in, and if it doesn't, so what? Then she makes food, brings it in, and then brings it home.
It's just nasty, tacky, and immature to complain about things people offer out of the goodness of their hearts. Such troubles. Such things to take offense to. Such time on one's hands.
Office potlucks tend to be initiated, championed, and supported by the most "weight challenged" women (and 99% of the time they're women) in the office.
A simple "no thanks" will suffice. He is whining about what the food looks like. He also pointed out that no one touched some of it. That would be enough of a hint for the person who brought it in, and if it doesn't, so what? Then she makes food, brings it in, and then brings it home.
It's just nasty, tacky, and immature to complain about things people offer out of the goodness of their hearts. Such troubles. Such things to take offense to. Such time on one's hands.
Well, again, that depends on he Ron handles it in real life. Just because he's venting about it on this forum doesn't mean that he's rude to their faces about it.
Ron, how do you deal with this in real life?
And sometimes, a simple "no thanks" doesn't suffice at all. Some people can get pushy and personal over this sort of thing.
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