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Nope, not a big problem, just more of a puzzle for me. It never dawns on me to ask people about their food. I would consider that invasive of another's personal space. Could be because usually ALL the people here are trying to diet, so when they are sneaking around with their pasta, they don't want anyone to notice-so I don't ask!
Yeah, I hate it when people want to talk about the weather too. Like it's something we can control or manipulate. It's not MY weather so wtf ... bug out!
Same thing with comments about sports teams ... heck I don't even like sports! And even if I did, it's private whom I cheer for ... I may not even like the local team if what they're after is something to rag on me about. Stupid people.
A lot of people are food-obsessed. As in, their whole life revolves around thinking of food, talking about food, preparing food, eating food, etc. etc. If you're on Facebook and you see the number of folks who actually think that posting a photo of a plate of food is interesting you'll see what I'm talking about.
I've also found the "Misery loves company" crowd will absolutely hate on you with all their might if you choose to GASP! consistently eat healthy and forego the office crap that people bring in. How dare we not eat their chocolate cake in honor of <insert real or made-up holiday here>, don't you want to be like us????
I choose to be, for the most part, healthy with only the occasional indulgences, not the other way around. That upsets a lot of people, or so I've found in my experience.
totally agree with you. god forbid someone bring in some fruit or something. it always has to be cake/bagels/pastries.
We did this a lot at our workplace! We shared recipes too!
Great way to find out if someone has food allergies... As we often brought in treats for the staff.
It would cross the line if they took it from you... Otherwise it's inquisitiveness.
Agree, it is irritating and I always thought lunch was supposed to be a Break, a break from office politics, peer pressure, pc crap in general. May have lost a few jobs/ladder climbs over my tendency to flee the scene entirely, to eat at a park, far corner of the company cafe, etc.
There is no good answer here, no logical explanation for 'lunch relaxation interference'.
I once caught a 60 yo maintenance man at my job in the fridge eating stuff out of MY lunchbag. I had an apple in my hand and launched it right at his back. People used to set up candy traps for him. They would fill a bowl of candy and he would walk by and literally take all of them with no shame. The way some people are raised baffles me.
I have tried to understand the myriad of possible reasons people like to do this, but since it is so prevalent, I need answers from the folks who actually do it.
Whether I am taking food from the microwave or just pulling a bag from the fridge, there is always someone right there leaning over to see what I have. And it is usually accompanied by some comment about yumminess or how they wish they had something different than what they brought.
It just feels invasive. What if I had brought leftovers from my cannibal feast? Now I have to share that info with you? And so what if I have a really big salad. Must you guys have to say something about it?
I'm like you. I'm flabbergasted at how much other people pay attention to the food a person is eating or not eating. What he eats, what he adds to it (or not), how much of it he eats, how fast he eats, what your opinion of it is, etc. I think it's a judgmental thing sometimes. I can't tell you the number of times people have said to me, after the fact, "how much Martha had eaten" at lunch and shouldn't she be on diet? Or whatever.
I had a "friend" criticizing my lunch one day (something like the quantity or what it was or something). I sat there thinking....between the two of us, I'm the healthy one while she has something medically wrong with seemingly all parts of her body, my bloodwork was an example of normalcy, my weight was normal, I was clearly much more energetic, I had a happier disposition. She was riddled with medical problems, a melancholy complaining person. I thought about telling her, "If you want to be healthy and happy, like I am, I suggest you start copying my eating patterns." But I didn't.
I rarely notice what anyone else is eating, how much of it, or anything else.
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I would make a big production of announcing what you are going to eat. "On today's menu we have...". After a while it will get old or you will become very popular.
People are always checking out each others leftovers. Be glad they don't eat your food.
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