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This to me is the lowest of the low, stealing someone else's lunch.
We had a co-worker that was on the Atkins diet, and brought in a little George Foreman grill to make her daily chops, hamburgers, whatever, and someone stole that!
someone stole the grill??
lol.... not funny, but comical
i once went to an after funeral gathering ,,,,at a relatives house...it was pot luck,,
well, one of the guests, put the "pot" in the pot luck,,, had a large baking pan of brownies,,,,everyone ate them,
a couple of folks seem to know what they were right away but didnt say anything,,but they did ask who made them,,,and that person, never stepped forward
Yes, someone sole my co-workers little George Foreman grill that she had brought in to prepare her meat for her Atkins diet. Funny thing, she said it was not new, and was old chipped and greasy. People are something else.
A co-worker in a cubicle next to mine used to microwave instant oatmeal each morning and eat it at her desk. I don't know if it was the particular brand or flavor or what, but it smelled like sweaty gym shoes. Grossed me out every morning.
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I brought in doughnuts the other day. Home made from a bakery. 24 doughnuts. I got 3 thanks out of it. Glad I don't bring it in for thanks. I bring it it, because someone might be like me.. hungry and Looking For a Doughnut.
I brought in doughnuts the other day. Home made from a bakery. 24 doughnuts. I got 3 thanks out of it. Glad I don't bring it in for thanks. I bring it it, because someone might be like me.. hungry and Looking For a Doughnut.
I now have something else to give thanks for this year. And I'm not even a Christian, but here's my prayer of gratitude:
Lord, thank you for delivering me from a tedious, excruciating, lifeless hell of a corporate cubicle drone existence and not having to deal with brainless, lowly-evolved humans whom you have placed upon this planet to test my patience and to challenge my urges to deploy my firearms. A-MEN!!
I now have something else to give thanks for this year. And I'm not even a Christian, but here's my prayer of gratitude:
Lord, thank you for delivering me from a tedious, excruciating, lifeless hell of a corporate cubicle drone existence and not having to deal with brainless, lowly-evolved humans whom you have placed upon this planet to test my patience and to challenge my urges to deploy my firearms. A-MEN!!
My work had to institute a rule that employees could bring only their SOs and their own children after too many people started bringing their relatives and neighbors and random children to the office holiday party for the free food.
It amazes me that people in a corporate work environment don't seem to know enough not to do things like burn the popcorn or take other people's lunches. The bathroom etiquette is another story.
We've had to evacuate the office where I work several times due to someone burning popcorn. Lots of fun standing outside in the parking lot in cold weather. At another place I've worked, someone sent out an inter-office memo with detailed instructions on how to make popcorn in the microwave. Wouldn't you know, someone burned it again the next day!
There was also a table set up where we could buy snacks for less than what it would cost if we bought them from the vending machine. There was a change box set up, and it was based on the honor system - you pick out what you want, and put your money in the box. Simple enough, right? Well, several e-mails went out because people were putting tokens, washers, and other crap into the box to make it sound as though they were inserting change. Soon enough, the snack table was no more.
Potlucks - not a big fan, really. Maybe 2 or 3 people out of the whole group get excited about these things, and everyone else couldn't care less. Once, this one girl brought in a covered dish and accidentally dropped it in the parking lot. She was understandably very upset. It's just a huge PITA for everyone.
We've had the lunch thieves, too, but that's nothing new. In the 80's, my mother worked in a doctor's office. He would eat everything and anything. One of the ladies that worked there put peppercorns in a banana, and he ate it. Another time, my mother told me a story about how he had a cake in the refrigerator, and one of the ladies banged on the door with her fist everytime she walked by. When he went to get the cake, it just sort of slid out of the refrigerator.
So how exactly do people burn popcorn? You'd think you'd just put it in the microwave, press popcorn, and wait, unless it's popcorn cooked on the stove.
And yes, people do steal lunches. I can't believe so many just feel like they can take someone else's food.
As far as group parties? The first time I saw a coworker lick her fingers while slicing pepperoni and cheese was the last time I attended one. GAG. Ironically, the person doing that was one of the asthmatics who had an attack from someone wearing perfume next to her. Not that it's related just ironic to this post.
This isn't office-related, but it reminded me of my aunt. She would put that spray whipped cream on our pie at Thanksgiving, and she would put the nozzle in her mouth to get the excess after she was done.
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Originally Posted by gentlearts
I just can't believe these stories. How could anyone be brazen enough to do that?
I guess I've just led a sheltered life.
IF someone ever stole my lunch, you better believe I would set up a trap to sabotage any future thefts, by hot pepper or laxative, or something even more disgusting, and keep my lunches in a cooler at my desk.
I know, the thought would never enter my mind.
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Originally Posted by Canyon Cat
At a holiday spread I remember a v-e-r-y large, pregnant, back-office gal carrying off two plates that we're just overflowing with food. I innocently commented, "Getting something for all the gals, huh?" She looked at me with a withering sneer and said, "I'm eating for two!". Dumb me.
I muttered as she waddled away, "Two football teams maybe . . . ."
LOL...
One coworker brought in cookies his wife had made. Well, they had cats. I took a bite; there was a strand of fur in it. Okay, it happens. I'll get over it.
I took another bite. Another piece of fur. Now I'm starting to feel a little queasy.
Before I took the third bite, I saw another one. I was done with the cookies.
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lol
Ironically, the person doing that was one of the asthmatics who had an attack from someone wearing perfume next to her. Not that it's related just ironic to this post.
