annoying people with food you eat at work

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at this moment i am on my second large mr freeze popsicle, which i am slurping reasonably loudly and clenching between my teeth as i type this. noone seems to be bothered though, or perhaps they are, but are just too bored to say anything.

― splooge (thesplooge), Thursday, 5 August 2004 13:19 (twenty-one years ago)

My co-workers taste of kebab.

― dog latin (dog latin), Thursday, 5 August 2004 13:24 (twenty-one years ago)

Taste??

― Archel (Archel), Thursday, 5 August 2004 13:26 (twenty-one years ago)

if youre tasting your co-workers, they probably are annoyed.

― splooge (thesplooge), Thursday, 5 August 2004 13:27 (twenty-one years ago)

Yes, I read this thread title to mean either "eating annoying co-workers who possess food" or "annoying co-workers who have food that you eat."

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 5 August 2004 13:28 (twenty-one years ago)

My boss said I make a funny noise when I eat, like a rodent or something. I only *wish* this had put me off eating my desk, since I might not be such a fat bastard then. But no, I don't seem to care.

― Archel (Archel), Thursday, 5 August 2004 13:30 (twenty-one years ago)

People who eat tuna. Tuna is the devil's fish.

― Tag (Tag), Thursday, 5 August 2004 13:42 (twenty-one years ago)

archel - you ate a desk?

― dog latin (dog latin), Thursday, 5 August 2004 13:43 (twenty-one years ago)

I hate the fact that ppl always comment on my lunch. It makes me feel really self-conscious about eating. arrggh.

― PinXor (Pinkpanther), Thursday, 5 August 2004 13:43 (twenty-one years ago)

I only *wish* this had put me off eating my desk...

MMMMM DESK

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 5 August 2004 13:44 (twenty-one years ago)

You can tell Archel's desk, it's the one with all the little gnaw marks.

― MarkH (MarkH), Thursday, 5 August 2004 13:44 (twenty-one years ago)

Grr, i am obviously so hungry that I'm making typos.

― Archel (Archel), Thursday, 5 August 2004 13:45 (twenty-one years ago)

And rodent noises! (sorry)

― PinXor (Pinkpanther), Thursday, 5 August 2004 13:46 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm imagining Archel's rodent noises now and am giggling like a child. I bet they're precious gnawing sounds.

― Liz :x (Liz :x), Thursday, 5 August 2004 13:48 (twenty-one years ago)

Humph.

― Archel (Archel), Thursday, 5 August 2004 13:53 (twenty-one years ago)

Sorry archel, I love you really!

― PinXor (Pinkpanther), Thursday, 5 August 2004 13:53 (twenty-one years ago)

*crunch crunch squeaky squeaky crunch crunch*

― dog latin (dog latin), Thursday, 5 August 2004 13:55 (twenty-one years ago)

heh heh!

― PinXor (Pinkpanther), Thursday, 5 August 2004 13:56 (twenty-one years ago)

Archel is so hungry she's forced to eat the words right out of her post!

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 5 August 2004 13:57 (twenty-one years ago)

Since half my office is annoying, I make sure I don't eat the same food as them at work.

ZING.

― R.I.M.A. (Barima), Thursday, 5 August 2004 13:58 (twenty-one years ago)

cereal slurpers.

― Velveteen Bingo (Chris V), Thursday, 5 August 2004 13:59 (twenty-one years ago)

barbera to thread!!!!!!

― ken c (ken c), Thursday, 5 August 2004 14:00 (twenty-one years ago)

I used to work with a woman who was kind of a body builder type. She would mix a tin of tuna, a tin of chickpeas, and a tin of mixed vegetables together in a bowl and eat it with her mouth open, making a smacking noise. It was revolting.

― accentmonkey (accentmonkey), Thursday, 5 August 2004 14:04 (twenty-one years ago)

I work with a woman who chews soup. I'm gonna repeat that, just because I can't really believe it's true...she CHEWS SOUP.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 5 August 2004 14:06 (twenty-one years ago)

God, Ken C otm. This woman I work with makes this horrible sound when she eats or drinks anything, and then continues to make it long after she has finished eating!

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Thursday, 5 August 2004 14:10 (twenty-one years ago)

when i worked close to chinatown, i once made the mistake of bringing back red bean buns, taro buns, chestnut buns, green tea cake, etc, for my coworkers. to my surprise, they were very annoyed and told me in future to stick to krispy kreme if i was feeling generous.

― lauren (laurenp), Thursday, 5 August 2004 14:15 (twenty-one years ago)

Clearly I AM all of these annoying people. Still, love me, love my rodent noises.

― Archel (Archel), Thursday, 5 August 2004 14:17 (twenty-one years ago)

What assmunches, lauren! I wish someone who liked food other than donuts worked with me.

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Thursday, 5 August 2004 14:19 (twenty-one years ago)

What a bunch of bastards. Can you bring me green tea cake at work pls Lauren?

― Liz :x (Liz :x), Thursday, 5 August 2004 14:20 (twenty-one years ago)

Food stains on ties are particularly gruesome. I once accidently dunked a whole silk tie into a pint of lager.

― Treble (treble), Thursday, 5 August 2004 14:22 (twenty-one years ago)

Once again i'll repeat my hatred for people who hold food up to their nose and smell it before eating it.

― Velveteen Bingo (Chris V), Thursday, 5 August 2004 14:23 (twenty-one years ago)

PEOPLE WHO HEAT UP INCREDIBLE NASTY SMELLING SYNTHETIC FOOD IN MICROWAVES IN OPEN PLAN OFFICES DIE DIE DIE!

Ahem.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 5 August 2004 14:23 (twenty-one years ago)

but of course.

― lauren (laurenp), Thursday, 5 August 2004 14:24 (twenty-one years ago)

my ex boss but two was so worried that he'd drop food on his tie that he would drape his tie bnack over his shoulder whilst eating lunch. The trouble is, he would often forget to return it to its more conventional position once he'd finished eating and would spend the rest of the day going about with his tie over his shoulder.

― MarkH (MarkH), Thursday, 5 August 2004 14:25 (twenty-one years ago)

Did it make him look like a hassled teacher? That's what I always think of when I see guys with ties draped over their shoulders.

― accentmonkey (accentmonkey), Thursday, 5 August 2004 14:26 (twenty-one years ago)

My Chinese work placement girl brings in Chinese snack foods for us all the time and I must confess I HATE them - pickled dried plums and weirdly marinated sunflower seeds - but I would NEVER be so rude as to tell her not to bother. I have been known to spit things out in the plant pot though, before I realised I should Just Say No to be on the safe side...

― Archel (Archel), Thursday, 5 August 2004 14:26 (twenty-one years ago)

Oh my god, VB. I smell everything. I go into a coffee shop and smell every single thing (well, one sample of every single thing). Especially if it is some little baked good -- you HAVE to smell that stuff before you eat it.

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Thursday, 5 August 2004 14:29 (twenty-one years ago)

grr.

― Velveteen Bingo (Chris V), Thursday, 5 August 2004 14:30 (twenty-one years ago)

What's the point of working in an office if you can't GO OUT FOR LUNCH?

― sexyDancer, Thursday, 5 August 2004 14:37 (twenty-one years ago)

Once again i'll repeat my hatred for people who hold food up to their nose and smell it before eating it.

my mother does this. it annoys me like almost nothing else can.

― lauren (laurenp), Thursday, 5 August 2004 14:39 (twenty-one years ago)

Eh, I do that too. It's like a compulsion. I'm getting better about it though.

― St. Nicholas (Nick A.), Thursday, 5 August 2004 14:40 (twenty-one years ago)

I go out for lunch (well I sit on a bench on campus somewhere) but I SNACK right here. All day.

God, I am not really as much of a noisy over-eater as I sound. It's just we get a lot of free biscuits here.

― Archel (Archel), Thursday, 5 August 2004 14:41 (twenty-one years ago)

actually, it doesn't bother me so much when other people do it. it's mainly a knee-jerk mom annoyance kind of thing.

― lauren (laurenp), Thursday, 5 August 2004 14:45 (twenty-one years ago)

My last office: extremely lunch-centric, we all ate lunch together. I was very conscious of my lunch, and forgetting to make your own was a no-no, since then you had to eat the horrible cafeteria food. No one ever went out, since we had time restrictions and there weren't any super-close restaurants.

My current office: no one eats together unless they go out, and people go out a lot. No specified lunch times or lengths, people do whatever they want and no one cares. It's great.

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 5 August 2004 14:47 (twenty-one years ago)

Ah yes, mother rage. My mum's throat-clearing noise can make me almost psychotic, whereas the majority of the population induce no particular rage with their versions.

― Liz :x (Liz :x), Thursday, 5 August 2004 14:48 (twenty-one years ago)

people who gulp like no tomorrow when having a drink.

― Velveteen Bingo (Chris V), Thursday, 5 August 2004 14:54 (twenty-one years ago)

GLUB...GLUB...GLUB!

― St. Nicholas (Nick A.), Thursday, 5 August 2004 14:57 (twenty-one years ago)

my wife does this, it grates on my nerves. me on the other hand...i am a perfect eater.

― Velveteen Bingo (Chris V), Thursday, 5 August 2004 14:59 (twenty-one years ago)

The worst thing that my girlfriend does is let her teeth scrape on the fork. This was a no-no in my family growing up so now of course it DRIVES ME CRAZY! I don't say anything to her about it though.

― St. Nicholas (Nick A.), Thursday, 5 August 2004 15:00 (twenty-one years ago)

Any cunt who eats with their mouth open under ANY circumstances. It's foul.

― Markelby (Mark C), Thursday, 5 August 2004 16:17 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm slurping up some hot and sour soup at my desk. I hope I'm pissing someone off.

― St. Nicholas (Nick A.), Thursday, 5 August 2004 16:17 (twenty-one years ago)

It is U&K to slurp your drink very loudly at work and also during movies. It's so fun! and ANNOYING!

― Homosexual II (Homosexual II), Thursday, 5 August 2004 16:25 (twenty-one years ago)

This guy who sits next to me at summer-job is constantly baffled by the perfectly-normal stuff I eat for lunch. So far, he's been shocked and confused by (a) sushi (stared quizzically at unagi), (b) a side of fresh strawberries with some beef ("I get the beef, but why would you get strawberries?"), (c) the whole concept of Pret a Manger ("What kind of store is this? What the hell is rosemary?"), and (d) salad. So I've been playing up to it, trying to find the ultimate NPR meal to bring into the office. We all have our jobs: he's a teenager from Brooklyn, and I'm the guy who eats "gay" food.

― nabisco (nabisco), Thursday, 5 August 2004 16:27 (twenty-one years ago)

haha. or as my two blue collar plumber friends would say "weirdo shit". They say this about feta cheese and artichokes. Some people.

― Velveteen Bingo (Chris V), Thursday, 5 August 2004 16:28 (twenty-one years ago)

Tomorrow I'm going to have yogurt! His head will explode!

― nabisco (nabisco), Thursday, 5 August 2004 16:29 (twenty-one years ago)

are you working by a pret? i'm sort of close to one, but i haven't been yet.

― lauren (laurenp), Thursday, 5 August 2004 16:34 (twenty-one years ago)

There's one dude I work with who constantly attempts to pressure the office vegetarians into eating meat (usually using terms like "hogflesh" and "dead cow" and "yard bird"). He is also coincidentally the same guy who relentlessly cusses and yells at people for no reason whatsoever.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 5 August 2004 16:39 (twenty-one years ago)

call him a fag bird and be done with it.

― Velveteen Bingo (Chris V), Thursday, 5 August 2004 16:41 (twenty-one years ago)

ha ha he is also the same dude that DAILY criticizes me for various things (figures of speech, way I'm dressed, etc.) that I should "be careful" or "people might get the wrong idea" ie I think he thinks I'm gay. I should totally "accidentally" grab his crotch one day.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 5 August 2004 16:43 (twenty-one years ago)

Since I don't eat the Lean Cuisine/Soylent Green garbage that most of other people who work here bring in, I routinely get the nosy "what are you eating?" question a lot. What's obnoxious is that they will get an attitude because (I think) they're threatened by anything that's not their usual Soylent Green.

A typical conversation goes like:

Them: What IS that?
Me: *trying to eat* Pumpkin curry
Them: *stunned look* Oh curry... Why would you put pumpkin in it?
Me: It's a common dish in Sri Lankan cuisine
Them: It smells spicy though. I don't like spicy food.

The conversation is similar if I bring in something I actually cooked at home, only then it's the "I don't like/don't have time to cook" line. I do understand that, just don't make me feel guilty about it because I do!

There are a couple of people left here who do appreciate food/cooking, but a lot of them have quit so I don't really have anyone to talk food with anymore.

Anyway, since I'm quitting my job soon, I've taken to bringing in the stinkiest food I can find. A nearby sandwich place has a chicken garlic sandwich that's wonderfully smelly and there's a great inexpensive Indian place a little farther away. Still, most of the time I just go out for lunch by myself because I just don't want to stay in and deal with them.

― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Thursday, 5 August 2004 17:31 (twenty-one years ago)

Here's the main question: Why are people so dumb about food?

― St. Nicholas (Nick A.), Thursday, 5 August 2004 17:35 (twenty-one years ago)

i work in one of those offices where going out to lunch is generally frowned upon. i worked someplace like this before, and whenever i wanted to duck out for an hour to meet a friend for lunch, my supervisor would say stuff like "how come you don't want to eat lunch here? are you too good for us now?" of course in that office, our lunches were 100% expensed; in my current workplace, employees get $5 lunch vouchers (for deliveries) and if they go over the balance comes out of their paychecks. as a lowly temp i'm not eligible for this, so i just brownbag it or grab something when my shift is over.

― Elle a chaud au cul (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 5 August 2004 17:35 (twenty-one years ago)

L.H.O.O.Q.,

I hate it when companies insist on always lunching together. While it can make the team 'bond' it can also make me wish to bind them to train tracks. They can't pay me to be friends and inevitably non-work stuff comes up when we're lunching and I usually can't even condescend to chat with some of my co-workers about non work related issues for fear of having to staple their lips together to avoid having my head explode.

― Michael White (Hereward), Thursday, 5 August 2004 17:43 (twenty-one years ago)

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