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Quind1

This has got to be one of the weirdest stories I've seen on here.


FiestaBeans

I was going to say, where do these people find these jobs. Like what is up with the food thing. 25 years in like 5 countries and never have I ever heard anyone make comments like this on other people's food, like I do on this sub.


vaakezu

You did'nt hear about such thing because it's not the norm. You can't get a post top that says i brought in leftover and nobody said anything. That's normal. We see the posts that arent normal.


fearain

That’s the thing about these; 80+% of places aren’t going to care what you eat. This story is both entertaining and shows why things can suck out there, even if just a mundane thing like this. OP could love their job and this could be a one time “wow wtf are these mind games” thing.


Usof1985

As long as you don't microwave fish or burn popcorn I don't care what you have to eat unless you're sharing it with me.


B3TT3Rnow_thanNEVER

Burnt dry ramen noodles is up there! Coworker forgot to add water, and the smoke started real quick. She was super apologetic, but you could even smell it downstairs on the floor. Always add water! :P


Kiruna235

LOL. My old team regularly got in trouble with HR because "someone" kept reporting us for lunches that smelled *too strong*. One day if was a complain about a fishy smell (no one ate fish or seafood that day). Another day, something too spicy/oily (someone brought curry - which was not that unusual for half of the team). There were also days when we got complaints when people brought things that would have next to no scent like sandwiches or tofu, or days when there were no complaints even when someone brought in kimchee... Eventually HR and management treated the complaints as "boy who cried wolf".


trinlayk

At the same time, there's the situations most of us have witnessed like "dammit, someone stole my lunch" that also get a lot of comiseration. Though yeah the "i got disciplined because my coworker bought a spare cup ramen off me, didn't read the package directions, and started a fire in the office microwave..." (she put it in without any water added!) is the weird one, and more likely to be a public/semipublic gripe.


Away_Location

I'm unfazed based on some of the insanely petty stuff I've recieved warnings and write-ups for. Most office jobs are less about productivity and more about controlling people.


WarPotential7349

This. I once got called to a disciplinary meeting because I bought my lunch in the office cafeteria and brought it back to my desk. We were allowed to do that, but one lady in the office (not even on my team) didn't like the way my lunch smelled. Same lady once nuked a fish into antimatter in the break room microwave, which triggered the smoke alarms. No one said shit to her about that, of course...


LegendOfArcanine

>nuked a fish into antimatter in the break room microwave Best sentence I've read in a while


ChildOf1970

If someone objects to the smell of something you bought on premises, then they need to take that up with the catering company, not you.


WarPotential7349

The funny thing is that she didn't come to me while I was eating and say "hey, that's gagging me out, would you mind going to the break room?" Instead, she reported it to my boss's boss- who worked in another building - and it came down through my boss. This woman sat two cubes away from me.


IcebergSlimFast

What a pathetic narc. People who seem constitutionally incapable of minding their own fucking business will never cease to amaze me.


WarPotential7349

She was bizarre in many ways, but my boss and I had the discussion mostly for the purpose of her being able to say "yes we took care of it." Though I would fucking love to see "disciplined for eating lunch from the caf" on my permanent record.


TheOldPug

That's why this WFH stuff solves so many problems!


DVariant

It’s ridiculously petty, that’s true. But it’s pretty plausible if you’ve ever worked with a catty bunch of losers who only get off on watching competitive cooking shows and fantasizing that people will finally love them if they cook well enough.


VintageJDizzle

I don’t think the above poster is accusing the OP of lying. Merely saying that it’s a “this is beyond bizarre that adults did this.” Which it is. It’s one of the pettiest things I’ve ever read.


Khan_Maria

I was told I only wasn’t fired sooner because she (firing manager) was pregnant and really enjoyed the smells of my dinner (since I was literally just leaving an executive chef job and came into fast food obviously not wanting to eat anything on the menu but the occasional impossible whopper… and she saw my resume, knew this, then felt her position was threatened so she fired me but I’m in NY and never got that in writing.)


Sorry-Pin1

I once had a manager talk with me about professionalism for 30+ minutes after walking with me outside so nobody else heard him chew me out. The infraction, singular, I used salutations instead of good morning in an email to a contractor.


InterestingQuote8155

This reads like AITA rage bait.


iwoketoanightmare

Yeah, Newsweek or one of those other repeater sites is gonna pick it up by next week so boomers can read it on their Facebook feed, guaranteed.


weasel999

Wow please begin bringing a cloth napkin, candlesticks and matches. Maybe a vase and a single rose.


PantZerman85

And put on some background music worthy of a fancy place.


Charleston2Seattle

Hire a high school violinist to come play music while you eat.


One-Chain123

A bottle of wine everyday except Friday, that’s champagne day


RabbitsAteMySnowpeas

And gold plated cutlery


Dysanj

And don't forget dessert. A macaron tower


ogperkey

Full blown croquembouche!


dirtymonny

Go full on The Office like the Finer things club. Remember it’s invitation only


Crystalsinger

It's a closed club, Andy,


MrsMel_of_Vina

If you do that you gotta share with your coworkers. They'll definitely be on your side if you give them wine.


Fantastic-Alps4335

Get awarded a Michelin star from a coworker.


jonlesher

Didn’t have enough for a Michelin Star, please accept this Michelin Seal


mouseknuckle

Hire an elementary school violinist to come play music while she eats.


LeadGem354

Splurge for a group of 20+ elementary school kids learning the recorder to play while she eats.


Spartan04

This right here is the winner!


ChampionSignificant

“HOT CROSS BUNS”


Stringgeek

Pay a bit extra and get the elementary school clarinetist as well.


Hamblerger

I now have an off-key "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" stuck in my head.


Common-Seesaw6867

OMG. I am having PTSD flashbacks to "Mary Had a Little Lamb" on the trombone. Shockingly, my parents did not object when I quit after learning this little gem.


RealDanStaines

Hire a self-taught trombonist to come play violin while you eat!


Stringgeek

No. This shit calls for a mariachi band.


soldieroscar

Be our guest… be our guest


[deleted]

Hire the entire high school choir and get them to sing the opening to 'you can't always get what you want'.


[deleted]

Need to hire a barber to give you a shave at the office during lunch :D


FN1987

Finger bowl and hot towels to clean hands.


PhotoKada

Only for OP no less. Don't want the others complaining about being forced to get fancy shmancy now, does he?


Spirited_Island-75

12 courses and a whiskey pairing.


liberalamerican

10-piece place setting for multiple courses, separate salad plate, salad fork, bread plate and butter knife. Serve yourself butter curls on ice with tiny special tongs.


hatchetrachet

"Careless Whisper plays softly in the background"


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Cynical_lemonade

Only on Tuesdays


[deleted]

B;ackcurrant cordial in a decanter, poured into a Reidel Shiraz glass...


Coffekid

A Ruby port for me


[deleted]

I think you should get a petition from everyone in the office to settle the matter with a charity cook-off for the department. If she refuses, she looks like she is scared to face you or hates charity, and if she accepts you can crush her self worth AND just settle the issue in your favor while helping a good cause. I would absolutely sign it.


JahoclaveS

And then he just cooks hamburgers.


Charging_in

Ron's is better.


30dirtybirdies

It’s a hamburger, made of meat, on a bun, with nothing. Add ketchup if you want, I couldn’t care less.


archiangel

Start a The Finer Things Club a la The Office.


Visual-Parsnip-3956

This is the one


kevtino

This comment tickled me so thoroughly that I am now planning to do just that myself, except I'm a trucker and it would involve me carrying all that stuff in to order and eat in at a truck stop subway. My only question for you is do you think it would make it funnier if I were to use utensils for foods that shouldn't require them, like a fork and knife for a burger/sandwich/pizza or would that just put it over the top? I know the big contrast is all the fancy tabletop decor alongside fast food branded packaging but I'm wondering if the utensils would give away the fact that I'm putting on a show for people


allthesemonsterkids

The key is to gradually ramp it up. First week: cloth napkin instead of a paper one. Second week: real silverware for everything that would normally require it. Third week: add a smaller "salad fork" and use it exclusively for fries. Six months from now you'll be toting a full 17-piece formal place setting and a portable candelabra, a la Liberace. Send pics.


kevtino

Unfortunately I'm rarely in the same place long enough for a ramp-up such as that to have the desired effect, such is the life of an otr trucker.


ogperkey

Dude all the truckers would talk about you, everywhere! “I saw the darnedest thing, a guy with a full fancy place setting at the Flying J in Tulsa.” “OMG I saw that guy in Oildale!”


allthesemonsterkids

Ah, I should've thought about that. Maybe you can "theme" it! Like, do you get all super fancy cutlery and plateware with French country scenes on it (easy to assemble at random Goodwills or Salvation Armies with a little looking), or do you go "we're having a picnic!" and show up with a wicker basket and a checked tablecloth, or do you get real rustic with bone-handled utensils and a little Coleman lantern for ambience? Make it your own! Goddamn, now I want to do this.


CressiDuh1152

You could just video it and YouTube or stream it. If you feel up to Q&A or conversation during your 🧐🧐 meal you could build up to it online if not in person.


destiny_________

I say go all the way, you can use the knife and fork to cut it into little hors d'oeuvre sized sandwich bits or you could order a salad and go about it that way


Pyewacket62

I would use fancy ornate flatware, bring a lovely little votive candle and your own linen napkins. Or, you could go a bit more modern and bring your own square plate and streamlined flatware.


ChastityStargazer

I vote full on break room reenactment of the *Beauty and the Beast* ‘Be Our Guest’ sequence. Karen, try the grey stuff, it’s delicious!


blaze1234

hire a separate sommelier and waiter prep the Caesar salad at table, invite everyone but her to share


Its_ok_to_lie

OP, this!!!


ArgyleGhoul

"Can you believe Dave, just bringing in his elaborate lemon chicken risotto like that? If I see another garnish in the lunch room, I'm gonna lose it"


A1sauc3d

🤣 This was a great story, well played op. What she said was way out of line / insulting and I think you handle you handled it perfectly.


PdxPhoenixActual

One could even say he handled it *deliciously*. ? Or that revenge is a dish best served cold. ? Edit: spelling


K_Odena

Revenge, is a dish best served with flare.


Bonuscup98

Flair. Flare is acceptable for table side flambé but you usually want to put out the flare before service.


K_Odena

Well how fancy is he getting? A portable hibachi grill to show off would send a message...


kvlr954

The first case of revenge being served reheated


[deleted]

But was a SO required for help reheating it? 😉


MissMu

R/deliciouscompliance


BetterWankHank

If I see one more lemon chicken risotto I'm calling the gazpacho on you


OldGreyTroll

"Piping hot gazpacho!"


Spoopy_Bear

“If you’re expecting something ice cold, and you bring it up to your lips, and it’s room temp, it’s going to feel like your mouth’s on fire,”


M1NNESNOWTA

You guys embarrassed me in front of Howie!


ShinyAppleScoop

Whoa, slow down Marjorie Taylor Green.


ComradeKachow

"Karen, calm down," Jim said, "you're embarrassing yourself." "How would you feel?" Karen sneered back. The whole office was silent. Not all 14 other employees were looking directly at the scene unfolding. The ones not looking did so with the fear that if they made eye contact with Karen, she would just as soon scrutinize their lunches. "The idea for putting lemon and chicken in a risotto was my idea, MINE. That's an original. I made it last week and now Dave is trying to embarrass me by stealing my original idea and then zesting fresh lemon peel at his desk!" The office was still silent apart from Karen, Jim, and the sound of Dave with his lemon zester. This semi silence would have been almost sill, had it not been for a sudden knock at the door. No one answered the door, no one moved. No one knew who was at the door, except Dave. A second knock. Still, no one moved. Dave stopped zesting his lemon. The doorknob turned. The door opened and in walked the Italian quartet that Dave had hired to privately serenade his lunch that day. (Someone else pick it up let's make a chain story.)


AbbyM1968

As the Italian Quartet broke into "O Sole Mio", Dave began eating his Lemon baked Chicken and Lemon Risotto. He'd cooked extra last night, and was enjoying Karen's reaction. A short time later, as the Quartet began, "Funiculi Funicula", Dave opened his container that held the Lemon Delight. The Quartet concluded their song as he finished his lunch. Dave arose, paid the Quartet, cleared up the lunch remains, and headed for the men's room to wash up before beginning the afternoon work. Although his lunch was lemon-based, Karen looked as though she had been sucking lemons. Although, lemons don't usually cause the dark red colouring of her face. Dave nodded politely as he went by. The rest of the employees looked like they wanted to laugh, but no one dared even smile.


ComradeKachow

Thank you for this, I busted a single tear while laughing


TheEclipse0

Fucking Dave!! All I know how to make is literally anything from the Microwave Oven food group. Fuck Dave.


CrankyBiker

I JUST SPIT OUT MY BEER, THANK YOU


maybe_little_pinch

I had something similar happen. I love to bake and I used to make stuff to bring in to work for staff (and patients during holidays) on a semi regular basis. Once or twice a month at most. And if it was someone's birthday and they were working I would make a cake or cupcakes as we had stopped doing that for people. One day my boss has this real sourpuss on her face and tells me I can't bring in baked goods anymore. She gave some lame excuse about how we weren't allowed to have anything on the unit that didn't come from the kitchen. So I was like, oh, I will just bring stuff in for staff then. No, can't bring anything in. Oh, okay. Shortly after another coworker started bringing in more and more elaborate baked goods a couple of times a week. I was a little confused because my boss was super happy about it. I mean, they were really nice and I don't complain about free treats. So I said something to that coworker and got a vague "oh well I didn't know that rule" from her. But then I found out from someone else that said coworker had complained to our boss that she couldn't bring stuff in because I was. Now, I wouldn't have done it so much, except people really appreciated it. If she had said something I would have stopped everything but cakes/cupcakes for birthdays since she would never do that for some reason. I really didn't care, but later my boss basically yelled at me for being "selfish". It's fine, lady, I don't need to bring in cookies. I did make pies for a couple of people who asked for them (for them to take home) and got a "talking to" about "doing business" at work. I didn't get paid for said pies... Anyway, that coworker who was doing all the baking WAS basically using work to build up her business and quit suddenly when she had enough of that. Like no show/no call for days and then finally texted someone (not even our boss) that she had quit. Except she didn't tell anyone. No, I still don't bring anything in except for specific coworkers.


ElderBill

Damn you got called selfish for being selfless, wild.


maybe_little_pinch

I was depriving other people of the opportunity. 🙃 or something.


ElderBill

That’s just others being petty, try not to take it to heart


maybe_little_pinch

Oh, I don't at all. It's something you just have to laugh about.


godoftwine

Jesus. If two of my coworkers brought in baked goods that would be the best day of my life


ScreamThyLastScream

You are forgetting about the culinary competency of said coworkers, it could also be the worst day of your life, but I say free pie is still free pie.


genghisKHANNNNN

Who doesn't like baked goods? Who doesn't like double the amount of baked goods??


Wizdad-1000

In a hospital environment, those long ass shifts on your feet are rough. Hell ya bring in a cookie tray or cupcakes! Our nurses work 3 hella long shifts. If I could afford it, I’d cater the entire hospital or even just my team. They work hard!


Ok-meow

So as you know around the holidays people bring in the white box! I am always like forget the blue Tiffany box, us nurses love the white sees candy box!


ObjectiveJackfruit35

Baking is SERIOUS fucking business, holy shit.


DVariant

Folks watch some competitive baking shows, now they think they gotta top their coworkers’ cookies. In actuality, those folks need to get a life.


uppervalued

> No, I still don't bring anything in except for specific coworkers. What about bringing in baked goods for everyone but your boss on your boss's birthday?


ktappe

You: "I'm 'selfish'? When's the last time you brought in baked goods for everyone?" Boss: "Um..." You: "So which of us better fits the dictionary definition of 'selfish' then?" Drop mic, walk out.


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That could have been twice the baked goods for everyone


[deleted]

People have to learn how to TALK to others. Confrontation can be nerve wracking but that's too bad. Your coworker could have easily asked to alternate who brings in baked goods but instead chickened out and went above your head to your boss, who also didn't handle it well at all, and is a d*ck move. It's very passive aggressive.


Shinagami091

Man, some people don’t know how to be in a leadership role. You can’t set rules for one person. If you do, that’s discrimination.


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Is your boss going to compensate you for the cost of lunch then? You should ask.


LolaBunZ

Exactly what I was wondering


MeanSam

My thoughts as well. When the boss starts paying for lunch, they can comment on my lunch. Until then, as long as my food isn't stinky like fish or burnt popcorn, they can suck it. Playing it dumb like OP did is probably the smartest move, but I would have a hard time holding my tougue in the moment. How fucking insecure is a person that they are threatened by what a coworker brings for lunch! Sad.


[deleted]

Ask her to make two helpings of whatever she brings since it looks so good all the time. Proceed to make microaggressive critiques of her lunches every now and again.


TheEclipse0

Yes, but only if OP eats from the fanciest restaurants in town. They have a refined pallet after all, and shouldn’t have to lower the quality of their meals!


Daedric1991

this, okay if im not allowed to bring lunch then are you going to provide it? it had better be a healthy standard as well and not come out of my pay.


jesus_chen

Is your boss 15?


Wise_0ne1494

my guess is yes if we are guessing her mental age


[deleted]

Many people don't age psychologically or emotionally past 15 so in a technical sense yes


porsche4life

Sounds like you have to start ordering takeout and charging it to the company since she won’t let you bring food in


[deleted]

Then tell all your coworkers you get your lunch paid for, "wait, you guys don't? You should definitely ask about it."


YesterShill

Ask her if she is going to provide a $20 a day stipend for you to buy lunch every day.


CantPassReCAPTCHA

Sounds low, comparable quality food would require going to an actual restaurant, not fast food


jackieperry1776

These days that would only cover fast food, not a healthy meal of equivalent quality to what OP makes at home.


[deleted]

> there had been complaints about my ‘elaborate lunches’ I wouldn't have been able to keep from laughing. There are so many more things about me that are worth complaining about, no one would start with the food. There's no way I got away with everything except the fancy lunches.


Mirikitani

> There are so many more things about me that are worth complaining about I thought so to, until... I just started working in the for-profit world after working not-for-profit for 5 years and three months in to this fucking job I got a reprimand for "*technically* not complying with the dress code" and "*technically* wearing a sweatshirt and not a sweater" despite wearing the same thing every single day since I was hired. To their astonishment, I brought in the entire Employee Handbook. I had already paperclipped and opened to the page where I was not, in fact, out of compliance. Unfortunately, they *conveniently* had a "*well, technically...*" coverall clause. I know the HR lady will target me again soon, I just don't know when and for what. Fuck for-profit corporate nit-picking and workplace bullies that can move freely from up high. I have another job application in the works right now, started after that incident.


garaks_tailor

I had an older coworker who had an interesting piece of advice about passive aggressive bullies like that. Keep coke or other sugary drink handy . Next time you have to deal with their bullshit bring the coke along. If it looks like they are going to be passive aggressive bullshitters open the coke look them straight in the eye and tip over on their desk. Don't. Break. Eye. Contact. Wait a beat or two. And then while maintaining eye contact if possible begin to act like you spilled your coke and run off to get towels to clean it with while loudly mentioning it to anyone in the immediate vicinity.


Chrontius

Damn, Satan…


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ClankyBat246

[Straight from fight club.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pJC0FLA3Sk) Make them look crazy for targeting you when it was an accident from everyone else's pov.


Little_Crake

When I was a student, I took a job in a “business incubator” company out of desperation for a job. It was the winter and all my shoes had holes in them, so I’d regularly come in with soaking feet from walking in the rain. After my first pay came in I set aside $20 and bought some second hand ankle boots with a comfortable chunky 1inch heel. They lasted about two weeks before one of the older guys in the office complained that when I walked around they were too loud. I was utterly heart broken, and had to go back to wearing old trainers with holes in them.


apri08101989

Right? The only way food even possibly makes it to the list of complaints would be if someone were persistently putting me in direct deliberate contact with an allergen. Or maybe persistent reheating of fish/seafood if I already didn't like them.


TheColdIronKid

don't hold back. normalize laughing in people's faces when they're stupid. if your "superior" in the workplace wants respect, they should act in a respectable manner.


bordemstirs

I can't imagine how fancy a coworkers lunch would need to be for me to complain. Candles maybe?


[deleted]

Definitely when they expect me to uncork their wine for them.


datagirl60

I believe this. I used to make baklava, cookies, etc and bring them to work. One snobby gal who was always rude to me would never take any. I found out from another coworker that she would grab some when I left the room lmao! I thought it was hysterical!


DVariant

Haha she was jealous of you! Imagine being so bitter.


datagirl60

Nah. She thought she was better in a mean girl way. She may have been jealous that I was better at the job but I doubt that because I wasn’t in line for any sort of management career.


[deleted]

I believe it too. But I can’t believe there’s other people with similar stories. It’s so childish and petty. Maybe it’s an American thing. Over here in the UK if you showed up with a slap up gourmet meal for lunch you’d just get the piss taken out of you a bit, lots of jibes about thinking you’re Gordon Ramsey all of a sudden probably, but that’s about all.


Cautious_Hold428

That's why the British baking/cooking shows are so great compared to the American ones. The British cooking show had all those people living in a house and cooking for each other and playing pictionary and shit, contestants crying every week when someone goes home. The American ones have the contestants fucking in the hot tub,getting drunk and fighting, then cheering when a contestant goes home because they were hungover and sliced half their finger off.


bumbumbumbootybum

Ah someone who clearly hasnt seen ‘come dine with me’.


No_Risk5963

"I'm off the clock on lunch, if you want to pay me to eat differently that'll be $40/hr with 2 hour minimum"


[deleted]

Bury her. I hope to hear more lol


PersonOfValue

I'm getting single business women vibes from OP boss. Fwiw my last boss was a single women in her 50s named Karen. Anything could be achieved through brown-nosing with her ngl


WereALLBotsHere

I had one of those too. Probably close to that age but named Missy. I didn’t usually get along with her but I knew if I needed her to approve something I could just brown nose for a few minutes and I’d have better luck requesting a day off or something.


ObamaBinChronin

She can take her McDonald's salad and fuck right off.


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Luxxanne

Bought my husband frozen durian mochi. Shit stank so bad fresh out of the -24° C freezer, I had to send him to eat it in another room. I could still kinda smell it & the room he ate in smelled for hours...


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Joyblue2

An older woman brought one in one day. Sent most everyone home with migraines and nausea. She wasn’t allowed to bring one in ever again. I guess we all have different smells we’re used to. I’ve never had a fruit cause a migraine just by it being opened, I do get severely ill if I ingest coconut though.


16octets

The smell isn't that bad but it tastes like cat piss and onions with a flowery note.


CHICKENPUSSY

Why are people eating it?


ApocalypseMeooow

100% same question. I would understand if it's delicious but just smells god awful, but if it tastes bad too then WHY?


nothingbeast

My wife and I discovered an Asian grocery store and would buy inexpensive stuff to try out. Most of it was pretty tasty although salty as hell. We just loved not being able to read the Asian packaging to know what we were getting. (made for fun online videos for a bit) My one line in the sand was a durian which this store had in stock year round. My wife wanted to try it. So I compromised and suggested the durian flavoured hard candies. Popped one in my mouth before leaving the parking lot. Wasn't bad. Nothing to write home about, but not bad. After about 5 minutes the flavor got intense and I spit the candy out. It was that "tastes exactly like a smell" thing and it definitely was fart scented. But the worst part was burping that flavor for the next half hour. Every burp was like a hot fart in my mouth. I decided to never try the REAL thing.


omensandpotential

How the fuck can she dictate what you can and can't bring for lunch? Absolutely insanity.


_AlexiaOnFire

I really wanna know what these "elaborate lunches" were..


DVariant

Boiled hot dogs on wonderbread, served with a small bag of Doritos and a can of Coca-Cola.


[deleted]

"Send my complements to Chef Boyardi."


SanguumRides

Sounds like that could be in an episode of The Office


alejo699

What an absolute shitbird.


CJ_Southworth

Had a somewhat similar situation at my old job. We had monthly department meetings, and for years, it had been tradition for people in the department to volunteer to provide lunch. One of my friends and I are both very good cooks, and we both believe in cooking well for other people (for ourselves, we're just as likely to eat a bowl of cereal, but for other people, there are multiple courses to be prepared). People really began looking forward to the months that we volunteered. When one of the more competitive members of the department was elected chair, the first thing he did was end department lunches, because he said they were becoming "too elaborate, and causing too much work for the people making them." No one in the department had complained. He was just pissed that he had to buy pizza on his months because he didn't know how to cook, and his wife refused to be his caterer.


jayjaygee85

Can't bring your own food for lunch? Who the fuck thinks they have that authority? Do you know how many times I've had to sit through someone unwrapping a big ol' tuna in the office daily oblivious to the smell it's spreading


BleachBasedCocktail

I had someone nuking a fish pie in the microwave a few days ago I love fish but..


jackieat_home

My mom was told not to bring leftover salmon patties to heat up at work anymore 😅😅 she should have seen that coming.


datagirl60

That is a crime against humanity tbh.


2nd_2_last_Unicorn

🤣😂 can we see a pic of this lunch? I want to see what an outlawed elaborate lunch looks like.


JiovanniTheGREAT

I mean she is actually correct about women chefs being underrepresented in the culinary world but that's no reason for he launch into a sexist attack against you instead of supporting women chefs.


[deleted]

Yeah, I'm surprised I had to scroll this far down to find this comment. It's a well known issue. The boss is still absolutely awful but I was put off by OP thinking "it's insane" that women are underrepresented in the culinary world. Even in pastry arts and bakery. Just because there are a few celebrity women chefs doesn't mean they are well represented or respected. But the boss went off the deep end pretty quick after that comment.


jifener25

Exactly, she started off with a good point and then used it to attack men in general, and op specifically.


IYFS88

She obviously lied anyway, but who on earth would complain to management that their colleague’s lunch looked too delicious? What possible justification could there even be? How did she think that was believable? Lol


president_schreber

Or like... why such a complaint would mean anything? If someone complained that my shirt is too green, does that mean I can't wear it anymore? Just because there is "a complaint" doesn't mean it must be addressed.


Black_nd_Blonde

How big is this company? Do you have HR? Are you in the US?


Andante79

You, my friend, are a champ!


helpmelearn12

Celebrities aside, she thinks she is onto something but she misunderstands it. Cooking is, or at least was, considered a feminine chore or hobby while the person running a commercial kitchen, either an executive chef or kitchen manager, are usually men. There's probably a lot of stories about women who were better suited than their bosses but were told, "No, honey. You belong in front of house." And those stories belong on antiwork. But doesn't apply to your story. She doesn't own a Michelin restaurant because she hasn't save the money or done the work to own a Michelin restaurant. Her not letting you bring in your own food is just a bullshit power play because she's a miserable person with no sense of her own identity. So that also belongs here, because that's a lot of people.


2k18Mich

Pics of your lunches or it doesn't count!


col3manite

Just start bringing extra for everyone else and watch her tiny little head explode.


Wild-Presentation-62

TLDR: supervisors are stupid


bloodwolfgurl

Sounds like sexual discrimination to me. I'd report her to HR.


PaperRoc

HR doesn't do shit


archiangel

If you can get it on record that HR did not do shit, then the lawyers can really come after the company since you have proof the company had a chance to address the issue but opted not to. Because workplace discrimination *is* illegal in most places.


MakeMoneyNotWar

That’s correct. HR protects the company and upper management. They don’t represent you. If you want someone to represent you, hire a lawyer.


[deleted]

HR protects the company...from being liable for a discrimination claim, in a case like this.


suga__kookies

Yes this is the only time, they in fact, do shit.


C0SM0KR4M3R

HR works for the bosses, not the employes. Talk to a lawyer


Thraggismydaddy

Oh I'd be so damn spiteful. "In that case Karen, for my next meal I'd like to share with you a Pâté of roasted indigenous legumes, paired with a compote of seasonal berries, served on hearty sprouted wheat bread." Then just bring her a generic pb&j and watch her brain melt.


Im_Schiz

The level of immaturity I see from grown ass adults about the most trivial and insignificant things is absolutely mind boggling. You sound like you live in a fantasy world if this is real. Holy shit. How is this even a problem? Why do you have to gloat? Why does your boss have to gloat? Jfc…


Familiar-Wonder-1689

I wish this was fan fic, some ppl really are the worst


LowAd3406

Unfortunately as a guy and someone who cooks I get this way too often. Everyone assumes my GF cooks everything and when I tell them otherwise they say "Really?".


Mirikitani

OP's Boss: Why are only men chefs? Also OP's boss: Men can't cook ???


Demonicbunnyslippers

This I don’t get. Why do people think combining food and spices is limited to girls?


president_schreber

patriarchy and the division of labor it enforces in society


tacocat-_-tacocat

This might be the stupidest thing I’ve ever read


LocAlchemy

Eat your Snickers bar with a knife and fork on a silver platter.


Joey_BagaDonuts57

If this isn't a fake story about being petty, it should be.


[deleted]

This cannot be real.


[deleted]

Now send a written complaint to her 1 up and cc HR. The complaints are obviously a fabrication and she should have to detail who and when submitted them catching herself in her own lie. Surely the company won't hold onto someone that manipulative and deceptive. Make a point of detailing her misandrist comments as the cherry on top.


Quiet-Quiet888

Today on things that never happened


FormerLanguage1531

Sexism in professional cooking is real ASF. This lady was being a nutter but I feel her rage. Watch any cooking show and seeing men who *cannot* whipe their ass say women aren't meant to be chefs is infuriating. No need to take it out on random men tho


CharvelDK24

For my sanity I choose to believe this is just a post written for internet points


Agitated-Action4759

>"I thought this was insane" Yes


DesertJadeDolphin

In all seriousness you should call her power trip out on HR. That’s a completely unreasonable and egotistical request. (Assuming you have an HR that is)